“I hope the parties will find opportunities for reconciliation. The confrontation was scheduled today, but it was canceled through no fault of ours. There we would have the opportunity to apologize and make a statement regarding the victim. The defendant recognizes actions against him and is willing to bear responsibility. Although these actions, based on the case file, were provoked by the victim himself, ”the Championship quotes the lawyer.
He also told that his client was experiencing, but at the same time he expected such a decision by the investigation.
“The investigation unexpectedly decided to go to court with this petition. This suggests that the investigation, unfortunately, takes hasty decisions that are not always justified and entail negative consequences for all participants, ”Bushmanov added.
On October 11, the Tverskoy Court of Moscow ordered the arrest of football players until December 8.
According to investigators, Kokorin and Mamayev were involved in the beating of the head of the department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Pak, as well as the driver of the leading First Channel Olga Ushakova Vitaly Solovchuk. Also accused of Alexander's brother - Cyril.
Earlier, lawyer Knyazev said that the arrests of Kokorin and Mamayev are grounds for termination of contracts.