Rui Pinto lawyer hopes Football Leaks founder will soon be free

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Pinto under house arrest in Portugal awaiting trial
‘I hope he will appear before a judge as a free man’

One of the lawyers representing Rui Pinto hopes the man behind the Football Leaks website, who is under house arrest awaiting trial for attempted blackmail, could soon be released as negotiations with the Portuguese authorities continue.
Pinto was extradited from Hungary in March 2019 for allegedly attempting to blackmail an investment fund and spent more than a year in custody before being moved last month to an apartment owned by Lisbon’s Judiciary Police, where he is banned from using the internet. He denies all wrongdoing. Continue reading...

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