Cristiano Ronaldo's brother Hugo will be facing a court case to defend himself of fraudulent activities over the sales of CR7's shirts.
Cristiano Roanldo’s elder brother Hugo dos Santos Aveiro has been dragged into a scandal of selling fake jerseys.
Hugo is now set to face trial in court on June 20 in a case that dates back to 2019 when Ronaldo was playing with Serie A side Juventus.
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According to Italian news media outlet Corriere dello Sport, Hugo has been reported to be involved in fraudulent deals while selling his brother’s shirt to the public.
Hugo’s company Mussara was given the patent right to be selling Ronaldo’s merchandize online with Italian company Pegasus, who manages the production and sale of CR7’s shirt in a deal worth over $538 million.
Trouble started when the Adidas logo on Ronaldo’s shirts that were sold to the public was replaced by CR7’s museum logo.
Therefore, the jerseys that had these logo were termed fake and Hugo who happens to be the manager of the museum was believed to be involved in the sale
To gather much evidence, Juventus was reported to have seized 13,000 copies of these ‘fake’ jerseys which Hugo’s company Mussara denied being involved with Pegasus.
Pegasus who claimed that the same jerseys were sold in Ronaldo’s museum in homeland in Madeira, Portugal and are now suing Hugo for fraud.