In a lengthy statement, Olympiacos BC refers to the penalty imposed on Dimitris Giannakopoulos by the sports judge, emphasizing that the “clover” power broker’s claim “clover” regarding his social media post had been rejected.
At the same time, it points out that Margarita Thanos’s statement regarding the controversial refereeing decisions by the officials involved in Basketgate was not examined and was not the subject of the trial.
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In detail:
“The ESAKE sports judge imposed a 10-month suspension from competition and a 60,000 euros for a post on his personal Instagram account in which he insinuated that Olympiacos BC has no interest in revealing the truth because it is allegedly involved in the pending criminal proceedings that has been “dominating” Greek basketball in recent weeks, and for insulting the Olympiacos logo as well as the team’s coach. For the same incidents, Panathinaikos BC was fined 30,000 euros.
In fact, the sports judge rejected his claim that he did not understand what he had posted and that he took it down after an hour, which is false, as Olympiacos BC submitted a screenshot of the post in question proving that it had been online for at least 4 hours. Following today’s sanction, Dimitris Giannakopoulos has now served a total of 29 months of suspension from last June through today.
As for the complaint filed against Ms. Thanos, the court decided to acquit her, as it was determined that what she stated publicly on state television expressed her personal position regarding the controversial refereeing decisions made by the referees involved in the case, and that she had already made it clear publicly that she had no evidence and that it was her own personal assessment. The phrase “rigged referees” and which implies “fixed championships,” was never the subject of the trial and was not examined by the sports judge, contrary to what has been falsely leaked and reported.
*photo source: KYPE
