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2mo ago

STF Quashes Case Against Igor Cariús Over Betting-Driven Yellow Card

In a 2–1 ruling, the court’s Second Panel found that a single deliberate booking does not satisfy the Sports Law’s requirement of altering a competition’s result.

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Overview

  • The panel granted habeas corpus and ordered the trancamento of the action, which leads to the criminal case being archived.
  • Minister Gilmar Mendes wrote the prevailing opinion joined by Dias Toffoli, with André Mendonça dissenting; Nunes Marques and Luiz Fux did not participate.
  • The majority rejected the Superior Court of Justice’s view that bookings can criminally qualify as result manipulation because they figure into tiebreakers under Article 198 of the General Sports Law.
  • Cariús had been accused by Goiás prosecutors of taking R$30,000 to force a yellow card while playing for Cuiabá against Atlético-MG in the 2022 Brazilian Championship during Operação Penalidade Máxima.
  • The ruling is limited to the isolated-card scenario and does not automatically resolve other cases, and the player had already served a one-year suspension imposed by the STJD in the sporting forum.