Sergio Cabral, former governor of Rio de Janeiro, testified in court on Thursday that he paid $2 million in bribes to ensure that Rio won the right to host the 2016 Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, July 4 - Sergio Cabral, former governor of Rio de Janeiro, testified in court on Thursday that he paid bribes of $2 million to ensure that Rio won the right to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Rio beat Madrid, Chicago and Tokyo to become the host city of the Olympic Games.
Cabral told the judge in court that the object of bribery was dialk, a Senegalese former president of the IAAF, and bought up to nine IOC members. Diack and his legal team could not be contacted to respond.
Cabral said that Arthur nuzman, then president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee and the main organizer of the Rio bid committee, introduced the representative of the Rio bid committee to DIAC and asked him to pay the money in advance before the 2009 vote. " Nuzman came to me and said that diak, President of the National Athletics Federation, could accept bribes. " In October 2017, nuzman was prosecuted for offering bribes of US $2 million to ensure Rio's successful bid. At present, the trial is ongoing. Nuzman has always claimed his innocence, and his lawyer team repeated this statement on Thursday.
Brazil also indicted diac, who claimed innocence at that time. Last month, Diack was indicted in France for his involvement with his son in a series of illegal acts, including bribery and money laundering with multinational associations and athletes.
Cabral told the judge that nuzman assured him that bribery would work because Diack had done similar things before. " He said that in general, Diack will sell 4-6 votes, but only these we can't guarantee to enter the second round of voting. " Cabral said that Diack promised $1.5 million to get six tickets. Then he came back and said that if he gave another 500000, he could get a few more tickets. " We did. "
Cabral has been sentenced to nearly 200 years in prison for several corruption scandals. He named several famous athletes in court. The purpose of Cabral's testimony in court is to commute his sentence and his wife who was also jailed for corruption.
Cabral said that the jailed former Brazilian president Ruiz Inacio Lula da Silva and former Rio mayor pace were not involved in the bribery, but they were informed of the matter afterwards.