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Milan Prosecutors Archive Referees Probe and Clear Rocchi

The penal investigation is closed but evidence will be split to local prosecutors and to the FIGC federal prosecutor to check individual conduct and possible sporting offences.

Overview

  • Milan magistrates formally archived the criminal inquiry into refereeing practices and ordered no penal charges against former designator Gianluca Rocchi or his deputy Andrea Gervasoni.
  • The decision also means no Inter executives were indicted in Milan under the penal probe, though the club had been examined for possible administrative responsibility.
  • Investigative files will be redistributed to territorially competent prosecutors so specific episodes will be re-examined by local offices, with some materials sent to the Procura di Monza and others kept in Milan.
  • Officials directly implicated in VAR-room incidents will face separate reviews: VAR operators Nasca and Di Vuolo will be examined in Monza for the reported 'bussate' knocks and Daniele Paterna remains under scrutiny in Milan for his on-video conduct and alleged false statements.
  • All collected evidence will be forwarded to federal prosecutor Giuseppe Chiné at the FIGC so sporting justice can determine whether independent sports sanctions or charges are warranted.