Brazilian club Palmeiras on Tuesday filed a complaint against John Textor at the country’s top sports court after the American executive made allegations of match-fixing.
Textor, whose Eagle Football runs top-flight Brazilian club Botafogo, has accused defending champions Palmeiras of being the beneficiary of a match-fixing scheme.
Palmeiras said in a statement that it filed a complaint because of Textor’s comments this week claiming that nine players of Fortaleza and Sao Paulo were suspicious underperformers in two Brazilian league matches against Palmeiras in the 2022 season and last year.
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Fortaleza and Sao Paulo on Monday said that they are considering legal action against Textor.
Botafogo last year squandered a 13-point lead to lose the national league title.
Textor said that his claims are based on an artificial intelligence data-driven report he received, but he has refused to give more details about the document.
A message sent to Botafogo seeking comment from the club or Textor was not answered.
Palmeiras said it wants the businessman to be fined and suspended.
The Sao Paulo-based club said that they would “not speak again about the bizarre attempt of the ludicrous soccer executive to justify their loss of the 2023 Brazilian championship.”
Palmeiras won last year’s title with 70 points, while Botafogo finished fifth with 64 points.
“If the accusations are true, we must applaud him. If they are lies, he should be banned from soccer,” Brazilian Senator Jorge Kajuru said on Tuesday.
Kajuru, a former sports journalist, also said he is upset by Textor’s refusal to present evidence, but he added that the Brazilian Congress should investigate the accusations.
Eagle Football also has stakes in English Premier League club Crystal Palace and seven-time Ligue 1 champions Olympique Lyonnais.
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