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Leo Messi, during a party with the FC Barcelona this season

ARTICLE INJURIOSO OF USSÍA To MESSI

Messi dona 70.000 euros to a NGO after winning a demand

Published:2/11/2017 - 13:07h

Updated:3/11/2017 - 12:30h

End of the history. Leo Messi has received the 72.783.20 euros of compensation by the injurioso article of Alfonso Ussía in 2014, published by 'The Reason'. As it has received them, it has decided to allocate them to the NGO Medical Without Borders

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Messi no only is big by what does on the terrains of game. Also it is it in the personal field. It is thus that, after receiving the amount of the compensation by a demand won against Alfonso Ussía, that in 2014 published an article injurioso against him in 'The Reason', has taken the decision of donar the money to the NGO Medical Without Borders.

In summer of 2014, an article published in 'The Reason' by Alfonso Ussía, titled "Sonatina", was reported by the surroundings of Leo Messi when insinuating some links of the Argentinian star of the FC Barcelona with the doping, and to the vejarle with insults by the fact to having been chosen Better Player of the World-wide of Brazil 2014, an award by which was crucificado in the quoted article.

The sentence that resolved the demand was dictated by the Court of First Instance number 8 of Gavà, ratified later by the Audencia Provincial of Barcelona and finally confirmed after resulting inadmitido by the High court a resource of cassation.

The resolution, therefore, condemned like managers to Alfonso Ussía, author of the article, to Francisco Marhuenda, director of the newspaper The Reason, and to the Spanish Audiovisual Society 2000 S.A., responsible company of the edition of the newspaper, to pay 72.783,20 euros to Leo Messi by the publication of the article, that by his part cost also a lot of criticisms to the quoted half of part of thousands of readers.

Messi fulfils his promises

In definite, treats of a new judicial resolution in favour of the footballer, the one who by his part will continue defending of demonstrations or indictments injuriosas or that attack against his honour. In his day, Leo Messi already announced that donaría the whole amount of the compensation to a charitable cause, and has fulfilled it. The NGO Medical Without Borders will have to be appreciated to the Argentinian star of the FC Barcelona.