The Olympiacos BC filed a complaint against Dimitris Giannakopoulos, regarding his posts on his personal Instagram account.

Specifically, the “red-and-white” basketball club requested that the club’s powerful figure Panathinaikos for the stories he posted during Game 4 of the Stoiximan GBL finals, and requested that he be banned from all arenas for one year and fined 100,000 euros. In addition, they are seeking a €100,000 fine against Panathinaikos.

The complaint in detail:

“As evidenced by the first (1st) video recording submitted to you (REF. 4), during the game and following the ejection of Panathinaikos BC player Kendrick Nunn after committing a total of five (5) personal fouls, D. Giannakopoulos made the following public statement, in which he directly accuses the referees of the alleged unjustified ejection of athlete Kendrick Nunn due to the charging of a supposedly non-existent -3- foul—as he characteristically refers to it as a “phantom foul” — while, furthermore, he lashes out at the ERT commentator for failing, in his opinion, to comment on the referee’s decision. As full proof, the content of the video post (story) in question is quoted verbatim: “You’re not taking a stance on whether it was a foul, whatever your opinion may be—you’re not taking a stance? You won’t, will you? It’s all about a phantom fifth foul. A phantom.”»

«D. Giannakopoulos attacked, for the second time in a row, the referees for alleged improper practices, using expressions that imply particular contempt toward them, such as “They threw Nan out for a non-existent fifth foul”
For full proof, the content of the video post (story) in question is quoted verbatim: -4- “Today, of all days, I promised myself I wouldn’t get angry… they ejected Nan for a non-existent fifth foul… and now they’re telling you it’s a close game… the highest-paid player on the court… they’re kicking him out…”

“For full proof, the content of the video post (story) in question is reproduced verbatim: “Vicious cycle… vicious cycle… they steal from you, they steal from you, you react, they punish you, they steal from you again, you react, they punish you again… what am I supposed to do… I’ll go up there and they’ll throw me in jail for three hundred years later… it’s his last year… give… give… whatever our asses can grab…”»

«The defendant did not hesitate to publicly repeat—in front of the more than 647,000 users who follow his social media account—the ironic chant of Panathinaikos B.C. “PUT TSAROUCHA IN,” which is directed against referee Ms. Tsaroucha, who, as mentioned above, was not among the referees officiating yesterday’s game (!).”

They demand:

“To impose on D. Giannakopoulos a ban from entering all stadiums for one (1) year and a fine of up to €100,000.00, in accordance with the explicit provision of Article 74, Paragraph 3.C.b. of the Special Disciplinary Regulations of the Hellenic Basketball Federation (ESAKE). To impose a fine of up to €100,000.00 on Panathinaikos B.C., in accordance with the explicit provision of Article 74, Paragraph 3.C.c. of the Special Disciplinary Regulations of the Hellenic Basketball Federation (ESAKE).”