Neymar will return this Tuesday to the Audience of Barcelona. He will do it for his interrogation in the trial for his controversial signing for Barça from the Brazilian Santos. An unavoidable appointment that the PSG player has been able to advance and after which he will be able to return to Paris without having to be present at the trial again. And after Neymar, also scheduled for this Tuesday although pending the evolution of the trial, one of the most anticipated testimonials will arrive, that of the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, at the request of the accusation.
The interrogations of the accused were scheduled for Friday, but his lawyer, María Massó, asked to bring it forward so that the Brazilian player can attend the training sessions and matches he has planned with the PSG shirt.
The court accepted it and this Tuesday morning the second day of the trial opens with the questioning of the player, who faces a request for a sentence of five years in prison for alleged fraud and corruption.
Neymar's defense has also asked to waive his right to the last word – or to be able to do so by videoconference – to prevent the striker from having to return to Barcelona at the end of the trial.
The court used the midday break this Monday to deliberate on this point and rejected that Neymar renounce the last turn to speak because "it is a right that is exercised at a certain moment, which has to come with the development of the oral trial", after the processing of final reports.
However, the president of the room, José Manuel del Amo, added that the court "knows the peculiarities" of the accused and, taking into account that he has already warned that he will not use his right to the last turn to speak, has allowed him to appear by videoconference to announce that you waive this right.
This morning, the court has allowed Neymar and his parents –also defendants– to be absent from the trial and, after requests from the rest of the defenses, the judges have accepted that the rest of the defendants, all on provisional release, not be in all the sessions of trial if they don't want to, and they will only be obliged to be there when it is their turn to testify.
This implies that, after the interrogation on Tuesday morning, Neymar will no longer be obliged to attend the trial, and will only have to appear by videoconference in the last word shift of the accused, which is scheduled for Monday, October 31. , although the court "has certain doubts" about being able to maintain the established calendar given the delay that has already accumulated on the first day of the trial.
The calendar of the trial for this Tuesday also has another key date reserved, especially due to its media weight, and that is that it is expected that, after the interrogation of Neymar, the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, will testify as a witness, at the request of the accusation brought by DIS.
Florentino, who will appear by videoconference, will explain to what extent the white team tried to get the services of the footballer from Santos and how it could affect the fact that Neymar had already sealed an agreement with Barça. However, Florentino's participation by videoconference is subject to the evolution of the trial this Tuesday.
