Crack Reggiana Calcio

Investigation archived. Also in the defense team is Donatella Minutolo from Malerba&Partners

On 27 February this year, the criminal proceedings against the patrons of Reggiana Calcio ended with a dismissal. The Judge for Preliminary Investigations (GIP) of Reggio Emilia, Luca Ramponi, accepted the request of the same Public Ministers Giacomo Forte and Giulia Stignani and ordered the dismissal of the investigation for the crime of fraudulent bankruptcy against the 16 defendants, including Mike Piazza and Alicia Piazza Richter.

Crack Reggiana Calcio: The story and the investigation

In July 2018, the club was liquidated, followed by the declaration of bankruptcy in December.

At this point, the judiciary's investigation opens, with the registration of 16 people in the register of suspects for the crimes of fraudulent bankruptcy and false accounting.

Technical expertise

PM Forte and Stignani themselves had requested an official technical assessment to ascertain the responsibilities of the accused.

It is precisely this technical consultancy that "exonerates" the defendants by highlighting, among other things, that the continuous finance provided by the shareholders has failed to make up for the erosion of the net equity due to the negative economic results of the company's management.

Archiving

For Mike Piazza and Alicia Piazza Richter – represented by the lawyers Donatella Minutolo of the Malerba&Partners legal team and Alessandro Simionato – it is the end of a nightmare, as they themselves say, like all the defendants.

It is good to remember, in fact, that the two spouses are not strangers at all: he, Mike, hero of American baseball, she, Alicia, model and former actress. Their arrival at Reggiana marked the beginning of an adventure of enthusiasm for the club.

The investigation for fraudulent bankruptcy had inevitably tarnished the reputation of the spouses in the eyes of the fans, overshadowing the hypothesis of an offence.

“Today, however, there are no longer any doubts” says the lawyer. Minutolo of the Malerba&Partners legal team “the conduct of Alicia and Mike Piazza was not only lawful in the management of Reggiana's assets but was also a strenuous attempt to save the club.

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