GDS: “Portanova will appear in court on June 21: he faces 14 years”

Portanova to appear in court on June 21: he faces 14 years, headlines Gazetta dello Sport on newsstands today.

Genoa midfielder Manolo Portanova, accused of gang sexual violence (together with a friend and relative, and the fourth accused will be tried by the Florence juvenile court) against a university student, for the event, will ask to be tried under an abbreviated procedure in Siena on the night from May 30 to May 31 in a private house.

The trial will take place on June 21 in the same Tuscan city. In case of a guilty verdict, a sentence of 8 to 14 years in prison is provided. However, Portanova’s lawyer, Gabriele Bordoni, explained to the Gazzetta newspaper last night that “we did not think of choosing the shortened procedure as a parachute. We want the case to be clarified in detail in order to get out of court innocent. Thus, at any rate, there is a desire to avoid further suffering for all involved, boys and girls, as might happen in times and ways of a social process that creates misery for all. Among other things, we are talking about very young subjects.”

The choice is also motivated by the fact that “for obvious reasons, media interest in this story is higher, since we are talking about a football player. Abbreviated, on the other hand, suggests more appropriate times and paths. There are a couple more points that need to be clarified, and what else is missing, we will present at the next hearings. No comments from the Rossoblue club on this matter: Portanova, although linked to Grifon by a contract that expires on June 30, 2024, was one of the most positive players of the last season, which ended with Grifon being relegated to B.