Overview
- Tortu received a 36‑month suspension and inibizione from Fidal’s tribunal, barring him from all federative roles and access to training or competition venues.
- The case stems from accusations that he commissioned the private firm Equalize to seek evidence of doping by accessing Jacobs’ devices.
- The federal prosecutor had sought the harsher sanction of expulsion, alleging contacts with Equalize technicians and €10,000 in payments.
- The tribunal explicitly excluded any involvement by Filippo Tortu and cleared the Raptors Milano club of direct responsibility.
- Law‑enforcement seizures linked to Equalize uncovered traces of access to the phones of Jacobs and his staff, while Tortu’s defense denies receiving any chat contents, and he remains under investigation in Milan.