1.14 The Rise and Fall of Bruno Carvalho - The Court Cases: The players testimony
To recap our last post we heard the testimony of both Vasco Santos who was in charge of security for the Sporting SAD as a whole and from André Geraldes the former Sporting team manager, a position equivalent to a sporting director and not to be confused with the role of the mister (the coach) held by Jorge Jesus. For Bruno Jacinto the former club liaison officer, the latter was the man he claimed to have forewarned about the Claques pending visit to Alcochete, a claim that was denied in his testimony to the court. Not for the first time we see direct contradictions in statements provided to the court by various witnesses into the warnings that were issued. In respects of the formers testimony, he was able to confirm he'd been present at the meeting held at Cashina in April where Bruno de Carvalho said “do whatever you want.” Importantly he confirmed the actual context in how it was used which didn't match the context in how the prosecutor Cândida Vilar was trying to present it...
