By Stefan Acevski/ info@eurohoops.net
Panos and Giorgos Angelopoulos mentioned a court decision by the Athens Three-Member Court of Appeal against Dimitris Giannakopoulos in a statement on the “reds” website.
The Olympiacos presidents specifically stated about the owner of Panathinaikos: “Dimitris Giannakopoulos was definitively judged a slanderer…” regarding a court case from 2013.
This is the statement by the Olympiacos presidents:
“Dimitris Giannakopoulos was definitively judged a slanderer, even hiding behind ‘ghost’ companies. Specifically, with decision No. 1237/2026 of the Athens Three-Member Court of Appeal, which was issued on the lawsuit of Dimitrios Angelopoulos, the memory of his father and our uncle Angelos Angelopoulos, an eminent economist with a decisive contribution to the country’s economic reconstruction, is fully restored.”
“After almost thirteen years, Justice put an end to a commissioned distorted version of historical truth, judging with overwhelming reasoning that the publications dated 17.07.2013 and 29.07.2013 posted on the website “newsbomb.gr” about alleged “collaborationism” were false and slanderous, as it was proven that not only was there no “collaboration with the German occupiers,” but rather, our uncle Angelos Angelopoulos participated in the National Resistance and later led, as early as 1944, the pursuit of the so-called “occupation loans.” The most decisive element of the decision is also that the orchestrated effort by Dimitris Giannakopoulos to hide behind offshore “ghost” companies in Belize and Cyprus and various complex corporate vehicles he created to avoid civil and criminal sanctions for his illegal actions has been definitively overturned.”
The Athens Three-Member Court of Appeal definitively judged that Dimitris Giannakopoulos was not a simple or typical participant but the one who essentially ordered the drafting and publication of the unfounded slanderous claims against our late uncle, as the ultimate owner and actual controller, director, and decision-maker of the operation and content of “newsbomb.gr.” Therefore, there is no doubt that the anonymous slanderous publications that tarnished the memory of Angelos Angelopoulos were not accidental, as they were part of a conscious and deceitful campaign orchestrated and guided by Dimitris Giannakopoulos himself, aiming for the public devaluation and disgrace of our historic family. The truth has been restored. The slanderer has a name.”