A preliminary court hearing into the Italian football scandal engulfing Tottenham managing director Fabio Paratici and Juventus has been postponed.
A Turin judge announced the delay to May 10, for administrative reasons, on Monday as the first of a series of court dates began.
Juventus, former club president Andrea Agnelli, Paratici and 10 others face charges of false communications by a company listed publicly on the Milan stock exchange, obstructing watchdog agencies, false billing and market manipulation. They deny all wrongdoing.
“It's completely normal in terms of procedure,” Juventus lawyer Maurizio Bellacosa said following the postponement, adding that the club will request that the trial be moved to Milan or Rome upon its resumption in May.
Juventus' entire board of directors resigned in November after news emerged of the widespread investigation by Turin prosecutors.
The club was then hit with a 15-point penalty in Serie A in January after a sports trial in the case was re-opened based on information from the Turin prosecutors.
Juventus have appealed the 15-point penalty to Italy's highest sports court within the Italian Olympic Committee, known as CONI. An appeal hearing at CONI is slated for April 19.
If the points penalty is reduced, it could boost Juventus back into the Champions League places. The team is currently in seventh place but would be in second place if the entire penalty was scrapped.
UEFA has also requested documentation from the Turin prosecutors.
One of the Turin prosecutors, Ciro Santoriello, withdrew himself from the case after a video emerged of him professing to be a fan of Juventus rival Napoli and to “hate” Juventus.
