Giannakopoulos takes a swipe at Olympiakos: Is everything fine now?

Panathinaikos KAE owner Dimitris Giannakopoulos published two new videos on his social media account after the arrests of members of the Hellenic Basketball Federation (EOK) and the Referees Committee (KED). His remarks are reportedly most likely directed at Olympiakos.

Giannakopoulos argued that the person who speaks out and reacts against injustice is the one who pays the highest price. He said he has been paying millions of euros for years. Addressing those who earlier, when there was no complaint and no prosecutor, called for being sent down to the A2 league and for basketball's dirt to be cleaned up, Giannakopoulos asked why the same stand is not being taken now. He also raised the question of whether a fingerprint examination would be requested in the 820,000 euro case.

The businessman had also made a written statement before this. Those arrested include EOK President Vangelis Liolios and referee Vasiliki Tsarouha. Giannakopoulos said that on one hand he feels relief and hope, and on the other he is angry about what he has gone through over the years.

Giannakopoulos recounted that over the years he has received fines of hundreds of thousands of euros and was banned from entering arenas for months, and he listed the lawsuits Olympiakos KAE has filed against him. He said he has been served a new summons over claims about Papapetros and Tsarouha, and that he was acquitted in another case. He added that he now faces a new compensation lawsuit over his comments about Liolios. He stressed that he will not give up.