Legal battle: 777 Carioca manoeuvres, Vasco appeal shifts at TJRJ | OneFootball

The legal behind-the-scenes dispute over control of Vasco SAF has gained yet another strategic chapter with major structural impact. Judge Eduardo Abreu Biondi, a member of the 15th Private Law Chamber of the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice, issued a decision declining jurisdiction to process and rule on the interlocutory appeals filed by the club. The magistrate ordered the immediate redistribution of the case files to the 20th Private Law Chamber.

The move came in line with a petition filed by the lawyers for 777 Carioca LLC. In the legal filing, the company requested the redistribution of the appeals on the grounds of prior assignment, arguing that Judge César Felipe Cury, a member of the twentieth chamber, had already reviewed related lawsuits and appeals tied to the same corporate and governance dispute. The American investor’s maneuver is aimed at buying time and framing the discussion from the standpoint of the previously assigned court.

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Review of suspensive effect on control of Vasco SAF is put on hold

In practice, the decision signed by the judge did not address the merits of Vasco’s request, dealing purely with a procedural matter. Because of this redistribution between chambers, the magistrate declared, for now, that the review of the requests to grant suspensive effect or urgent appellate relief sought by the Cruz-Maltino defense was impaired.

With the case being sent to the 20th Private Law Chamber, it will be up exclusively to the new panel to analyze and decide whether to uphold, modify, or overturn the lower court injunction that removed president Pedrinho from command of the football company. Until the new redistribution is ratified by the court’s 1st Vice Presidency, the judicial intervention remains fully in effect.

Pedrinho remains out of control of Vasco SAF – Photo: Reproduction

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