LONDON : Evangelos Marinakis, a Greek shipping magnate and owner of English Premier League soccer club Nottingham Forest, was on Thursday accused of trying to fix a Greek soccer match, in a London libel lawsuit he is bringing over an alleged smear campaign in Britain.
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest - Selhurst Park, London, Britain - May 28, 2023 Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis during the lap of appreciation after the match Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge/File Photo
Marinakis' lawyers say the campaign involved driving a mobile billboard around Nottingham Forest's ground before two matches in 2023, directing people to the website. Hodson said in the document that during the game, which finished 2-2, Marinakis"became so angry that according to he threatened that Theodoros 'would not leave the field alive' if Olympiakos lost".
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