Settlement Reached Between Luciano Moggi & Inter's Massimo Moratti Over Defamation Case - Report
Both men have agreed to drop libel cases against each other in a court settlement...
Luciano Moggi and Massimo Moratti have reached a court settlement in relation to a Calciopoli-related defamation case.
La Repubblica reports Moggi's and Moratti's lawyers reached the settlement before Judge Aldo Scivicco in the court of Rome at a hearing on Thursday.
Moratti had accused Moggi of libel following an interview the former Juventus man gave La Repubblica on July 17, 2006 amid the Calciopoli scandal. Words published by the paper were considered defamatory by Moratti, who launched legal proceedings against the former director.
But the court heard how, in 2007, Moratti had given L'Espresso an interview in which he allegedly made defamatory statements against Moggi, who then began proceedings to sue Moratti for €4 million.
However, rather than proceed with both cases, the two parties have settled to drop the charges. Thus the court heard Moggi was willing to drop his lawsuit against Inter, if Moratti dropped his.
Judge Scivacco closed the case following a settlement between the legal teams.
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