Overview
- The Deliberative Council approved the measure by 188 votes in a secret, court‑authorized hybrid session with 223 participants.
- Council president Olten Ayres will convene a members' Assembly within 30 days to confirm or overturn the removal by simple majority, with vice president Harry Massis Júnior serving as interim until then.
- The Polícia Civil is probing suspected financial crimes tied to the club’s management, including possible criminal association, qualified theft and misappropriation, while treating São Paulo FC as a victim.
- Investigators reported about R$1.5 million in cash deposits into Casares’s personal accounts and roughly R$11 million withdrawn in cash from club accounts between 2021 and 2025.
- Casares’s lawyers deny any link between the club withdrawals and his deposits and argue there is no legal basis for his removal as protesters gathered outside Morumbi calling for his ouster.