Soccer-Olympiakos chairman Marinakis to stand trial over sports violence case

Soccer-Olympiakos chairman Marinakis to stand trial over sports violence case

ATHENS (Reuters) - Olympiakos chairman Evangelos Marinakis and four board members will stand trial on misdemeanour charges as part of a probe into sports violence, legal sources said on Thursday following a decision by a Greek judicial council. Read full story

Vangelis Marinakis and Olympiacos Officials to Stand Trial Over Sports Violence

Evangelos Marinakis denies the charges. Credit: Olympiacos FC, CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikipedia Greek billionaire and Olympiacos football club president Vangelis Marinakis, along with four senior officials from the club’s administration, is set to face trial over sports violence and his alleged involvement in the murder of police officer Giorgos Lygeridis on December 7, 2023, by Olympiacos hooligans. Marinakis is charged with supporting and financing a cr…

The charges are support-financing of a "criminal organization" and incitement of sports violence - V. Marinakis in his statement accuses the government leadership of corruption and a slide into totalitarianism

Olympiacos President to face trial over death of policeman in fan violence incident

Vangelis Marinakis, the president of Olympiacos FC and owner of Premier League club Nottingham Forest, has been ordered to stand trial in Greece, accused of supporting a criminal organisation and inciting sports-related violence. The charges stem from the death of 31-year-old police officer Georgios Lyggeridis, who succumbed to injuries sustained from a flare thrown during violent clashes between football fans in Athens last December. The incide…

Aina and Awoniyi’s club owner set to stand trial for criminal activity and sports violence

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has been indicted alongside four Olympiacos board members for charges related to sports violence and criminal activities.

The criminal organization behind the murderous attack with a naval flare against police officer George Lyggeridis, on the evening of December 7, 2023, sees the judicial council and brings to trial 142 defendants accused of crimes, including the leadership team of port 7. The president of Olympiacos FC, Vangelis Marinakis and the members of the management Yannis Moralis, Kostas Karapapas, Michalis Kountouris and Dimitris Agrafiotis face charges t…