Carolina Salgado
Carolina Salgado is a former partner of FC Porto's president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa. Salgado became known as Da Costa's companion in the early 2000s, after he met her while she was working in a brothel.[1] After the couple split, she published a controversial book "Eu, Carolina" (Me, Carolina, officially ghost written by Maria Fernanda Freitas, although the later claims there were substantial changes from the manuscript) in December 2006, presenting some quarters of Portuguese football as a promiscuous world, and revealing details of her relationship with her former partner Da Costa. It was alleged by Salgado and widely reported in the news media that Da Costa, who was formally accused in the Apito Dourado sports corruption scandal in June 2007, was tipped off to the investigation by one of his personal friends inside the police department conducting the investigation. He left the country with his then partner, Salgado, hours before the police raided his house, where they did not find the documents they were looking for.[2] Other serious accusations were made by Salgado, including match fixing, bribing referees with prostitutes and ordering the beating of Gondomar municipality councilman Ricardo Bexiga.[3][4]
The book Eu, Carolina
The book made an impact on Portuguese news media and society. An adaptation of the book Eu, Carolina was made for cinema in 2007. With the title Corrupção (Corruption), the film was directed by Portuguese film director João Botelho starring Margarida Vila-Nova as the partner of the football club's chairman.
References
- ↑ Declan Hill (2010). The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime. Random House Digital, Inc.
- ↑ "Pinto da Costa's Escape to Spain", in Diário de Notícias (30 January 2007), (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Pinto da Costa questioned about Ricardo Bexiga, TSF, 14 March 2007 (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Carolina Salgado Testemunha da Judiciária, Correio da Manhã, 12 December 2006, accessed December 2006 (in Portuguese)