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Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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Good to hear that Bonucci's lawyers seem to have done a good job today.

However, I wouldn't get too excited about the suggestion that Palazzi has no evidence.

Because the onus is Bonucci to prove his innocence, Palazzi, in theory, doesn't have to provide any evidence at all to win the case, I don't think.

It's all up to Bonucci's team to disprove the allegation.
 

Maddy

Oracle of Copenhagen
Jul 10, 2009
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Good to hear that Bonucci's lawyers seem to have done a good job today.

However, I wouldn't get too excited about the suggestion that Palazzi has no evidence.

Because the onus is Bonucci to prove his innocence, Palazzi, in theory, doesn't have to provide any evidence at all to win the case, I don't think.

It's all up to Bonucci's team to disprove the allegation.
This logic that the burden of proof lies with Bonucci is just :sergio:

I highly doubt that Bonucci's lawyers will be able to proof his innocence.
 

icemaη

Rab's Husband - The Regista
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Aug 27, 2008
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Hypothetically, how will Bonucci prove his innocence? There's been no talk of phone calls or money changing hands. How do you prove something that did not happen, did not happen?
 

Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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Pretty tough to prove it absolutely.

You could try to show Masiello never approached Bonucci. The lawyers are trying to do this by pointing out how Masiello keeps changing his version of how he approached Bonucci (including presenting an alibi for one of the times Masiello claimed to have spoken to Bonucci), to suggest Masiello just made the whole thing up.

You could try to show there was never a fix. The Lawyers are trying to do this by highlighting the conflicting versions of what the fix was meant to be.

You can try to show there is no evidence of Bonucci ever recieved any money from Masiello. Again, they lawyers are trying to do this. Afterall, if Bonucci was going to get a cut (8,000 if I remember correctly) from the fix, surely Bonucci would have received that in the days/weeks after the fix.

Beyond that you are just reducing it to one man's word against another's and trying to show your guy is to be trusted while the other isn't.

It's another case where I can't see how this charge could be made to stick in a real court, but it is very tough when the onus is on the defence to prove innocent.
 

icemaη

Rab's Husband - The Regista
Moderator
Aug 27, 2008
35,064
Pretty tough to prove it absolutely.

You could try to show Masiello never approached Bonucci. The lawyers are trying to do this by pointing out how Masiello keeps changing his version of how he approached Bonucci (including presenting an alibi for one of the times Masiello claimed to have spoken to Bonucci), to suggest Masiello just made the whole thing up.

You could try to show there was never a fix. The Lawyers are trying to do this by highlighting the conflicting versions of what the fix was meant to be.

You can try to show there is no evidence of Bonucci ever recieved any money from Masiello. Again, they lawyers are trying to do this. Afterall, if Bonucci was going to get a cut (8,000 if I remember correctly) from the fix, surely Bonucci would have received that in the days/weeks after the fix.

Beyond that you are just reducing it to one man's word against another's and trying to show your guy is to be trusted while the other isn't.

It's another case where I can't see how this charge could be made to stick in a real court, but it is very tough when the onus is on the defence to prove innocent.
I'd really like to know which wise guy(s) can came up with that great idea...
 

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