January 8 – Italy’s highest court has cleared the late Argentine legend Diego Maradona of tax evasion charges, ending a 30-year-long legal battle.
Maradona, who died in November 2020 from a heart attack, had been accused of allegedly using proxy companies in Liechtenstein to dodge legal fees when receiving payments between 1985 and 1990 from Napoli for his personal image rights.
“It is over and I can clearly state without fear of being contradicted that Maradona has never been a tax evader,”
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