Then you will not have to go to court anymore and you will be able to use the last turn to speak by videoconference
The questioning of Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar da Silva in the trial at the Audiencia de Barcelona for his signing for Barça from Santos FC will take place on Tuesday morning, when he will have to be present in court.
The interrogations of the accused were scheduled for Friday but his lawyer, María Massó, has asked to bring it forward so that the player can attend the training sessions and matches he has planned.
The court has accepted it and on Tuesday morning the second day of the trial will begin 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 player from having to return to Barcelona at the end of the trial.
The court has used the midday recess to deliberate on this point and has 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 itself”, after the processing of final reports.
However, the president of the room, José Manuel del Amo, has 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 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, following requests from the rest of the defenses, the judges have accepted that the rest of the defendants, all on provisional release, are not in all trial sessions if they don’t want to, and they will only be required 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.
