Barcelona prez charged over referee scandal

Joan Laporta

Barcelona president Joan Laporta (below) has been charged as part of the investigation into alleged bribes paid to referees, a Spanish court said on Wednesday. The club itself and two of its former presidents, Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, as well as the former head of Spain's referees body, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, and his son have already been charged.

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Laporta has been charged in relation to his first spell as president of Barca (2003 to 2010). The judge leading the investigation said, in his opinion, Laporta could not benefit from the statute of limitations because of the seriousness of the accusations.

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