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Former Lyon President John Textor Assigns OL to Lyon's Commercial Court and Asks for Nearly €21 Million, the Club Answers

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In an open war against his former club, John Textor brought OL before the Lyon Commercial Court. Rhodoanians, via a press release, denounce a "judicial guerrilla".

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Evinced after serious budgetary problems, the former majority shareholder of the club assigned the new directors to the commercial court for the payment of 18.4 million euros for a short-term advance, and 2.5 million euros for management fees.

·Paris, France
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Former owner of the SAF of Botafogo, John Textor suffered another defeat in Justice, this time in England. On Thursday, the American entrepreneur was sentenced to pay 99.6 million euros (about R$ 500 million, in the current quotation) by the English court in the lawsuit against the American fund Iconic Sports Management. Iconic collected the invested value plus annual interest of 11%, which totals the value of the action. The Commercial Court of…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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In an open war against his former club, John Textor brought OL before the Lyon Commercial Court. Rhodoanians, via a press release, denounce a "judicial guerrilla".

·Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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Globo broke the news in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Thursday, July 30, 2026.
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