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Barcelona Partially Withdraws Liability Action Against Former President

Former Barcelona President Joan Laporta and five other former execs "rejected an earlier pact" from Barcelona and current President Josep Maria Bartomeu over "disagreements pertaining to the financial situation of the club," and will not face liability action, according to Ramiro Aldunate of MARCA. Bartomeu had "hoped that this truce of sorts would put past factions behind them" and unify the club, but Laporta "refused to accept responsibility and instead insisted the court case be continued." Barcelona said in a statement, "In accordance with the resolution adopted by the Board at its last regular meeting, on 6 February, the Club has presented this morning a letter to the 19th section of the Provincial Court of Barcelona, through which it partially withdraws the appeal filed against the judgment of the Court of First Instance 39 of Barcelona in relation to the demand for liability action. This withdrawal, which affects the five former directors who did not welcome the agreement between FC Barcelona and the 12 former co-defendants in this proceeding, refers only to the sentence request to the payment of the sums claimed" (MARCA, 2/21).

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