Maldini Charged with Tax corruption

losthorizon

And I thought he was whiter than white! But I guess he is Italian! http://english.gazzetta.it/Football/28-03-2011/maldini-hearing-80651728250.shtml

Neil3030

"The hearing will take place on 21 June"

Keep an eye on Italian tax legislation between then and now...

Seaneh

Innocent until proven guilty.

Le King

Non v’è rosa senza spina.

However, he is not proven guilty. This throws mud in the face of Maldini, unfairly without a final judgement IMO.

Revolution9

If only he still played for Milan, Berlusconi could pull a few strings to get him off the hook.

Pinturicchio

Revolution9 wrote: »

If only he still played for Milan, Berlusconi could pull a few strings to get him off the hook.

Berlucsoni is a tad busy with his own 4 or 5 trials at the moment!

x in the city

Revolution9 wrote: »

If only he still played for Milan, Berlusconi could pull a few strings to get him off the hook.

Berlusconi could get a 16 year old pimp to declare 'Mr Maldini is innocent' and all would be well and the whole case would be banished from media and tv.

That PM is some corrupt f**k. The state of italian politics is LOL

Revolution9

x in the city wrote: »

Berlusconi could get a 16 year old pimp to declare 'Mr Maldini is innocent' and all would be well and the whole case would be banished from media and tv.

That PM is some corrupt f**k. The state of italian politics is LOL

Much like its football in the past few years, despite a World Cup win and an Inter treble.

Always had Maldini pegged down as one of the good guys. Hope these allegations are unfounded.

Son Of A Vidic

I couldn't care less, this doesn't denigrate his legend status in my eyes. Now if he was involved with serious crime like drugs ect, that would be a different matter.

losthorizon wrote: »

And I thought he was whiter than white! But I guess he is Italian!

By the way OP, you should tone down the oul racist commentary there. Because by that logic, are all us Irish constantly fighting lazy p1ssheads then?

TangyZizzle

I wasn't aware Italian was a race.

Handsome Bob

x in the city wrote: »

That PM is some corrupt f**k. The state of italian politics is LOL

Yea, we could give them a few tips on how to run a country properly.

Pauleta

Theres not a court in the land that will convict somebody as good looking as Maldini.

Fuhrer

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

I couldn't care less, this doesn't denigrate his legend status in my eyes. Now if he was involved with serious crime like drugs ect, that would be a different matter.



By the way OP, you should tone down the oul racist commentary there. Because by that logic, are all us Irish constantly fighting lazy p1ssheads then?

Its not racism, its ethnic criticism

GavRedKing

A big meh from me TBH, absolute legend of a player and a model pro during his playing career and I'll always remember Maldini as a footballer and one of the best defenders to play the game.

I do however hope these accusations are unfounded.

stovelid

Pauleta wrote: »

Theres not a court in the land that will convict somebody as good looking as Maldini.

Or with such a hot wife, IIRC.

Mr. Presentable

losthorizon wrote: »

And I thought he was whiter than white! But I guess he is Italian! http://english.gazzetta.it/Football/28-03-2011/maldini-hearing-80651728250.shtml

I'm confused by your remark. What exactly has he been found guilty of?

Pepe LeFrits

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

I couldn't care less, this doesn't denigrate his legend status in my eyes. Now if he was involved with serious crime like drugs ect, that would be a different matter.

How topical!

By the way OP, you should tone down the oul racist commentary there. Because by that logic, are all us Irish constantly fighting lazy p1ssheads then?

No, just very apathetic to corruption apparently...

Mr. Presentable wrote: »

I'm confused by your remark. What exactly has he been found guilty of?

I see what you did there. You've alluded to there being a notion of 'innocent until proven guilty'. I didn't quite pick up on it from the rest of the thread.

Guy:Incognito

It's great how certain players can get a free ride from fans no matter what. Zidane gets away with a right act of scumbaggery that a lesser player would be hung out to dry for. Now Maldini, whos reputation wont suffer whther hes found guilty or not. Again , with some other players they would be getting hammered on here and people would be saying he's probably been doing it for years.

Ah double standards, how we love thee.

partyndbs

defo perception changes everything but its tax evasion doesnt make him a bad person

Mr. Presentable

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

It's great how certain players can get a free ride from fans no matter what. Zidane gets away with a right act of scumbaggery that a lesser player would be hung out to dry for. Now Maldini, whos reputation wont suffer whther hes found guilty or not. Again , with some other players they would be getting hammered on here and people would be saying he's probably been doing it for years.

Ah double standards, how we love thee.

Why should Maldini suffer if he's not guilty? Wait until he has been convicted of something before bringing out the brickbats.

flahavaj

Unless you're an Italian tax-payer, I don't see why anyone would be that morally outraged at a guilty verdict. He's a footballer, not a public representative. So he allegedly didn't pay his taxes. Big f*cking deal.

Guy:Incognito

flahavaj wrote: »

So he allegedly didn't pay his taxes. .

and allegedly bribed people.

Pepe LeFrits

Shure those aren't really crimes, that's just being clever! /Bertie

x in the city

x in the city wrote: »

That PM is some corrupt f**k. The state of italian politics is LOL

Ahem


Maldini is innocent until proven guilty all the same.

I'd suspect he may be found not-guilty though

Guy:Incognito

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Shure those aren't really crimes, that's just being clever! /Bertie

Bertie must be kicking himself he wasnt a good footballer, the lads on the soccer forum would make sure he was still running the country.