Barcelona paid 7.5 million euros over 17 years to the former number two of the referees, José María Enríquez Negreira. Laporta denounced a "media lynching," harshly attacked the president of LaLiga, Javier Tebas, and against Real Madrid.

He denied that the club had sought a favorable arbitration treatment: "It's a false hypothesis" The Compliance Officer of the club, Sergi Atienza, took out with other lawyers four boxes containing 629 reports and 43 CDs made by the son of the former referee.