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Broadcast: 19 May 2011
Video transcript
Portimao - Recorded
yesterday
Lower Third: Gonçalo
Amaral sends denunciation to DIAP against the McCann couple and lawyer
VO: In his hands,
Gonçalo Amaral brings a denunciation that he will send to the Department
of Investigation and Penal Action of Lisbon.
Lower Third: The
apprehended 7,500 copies of the book written by Gonçalo Amaral have not
yet been returned
VO: The Supreme Court
of Justice authorized the sale of the book he has written, 'Maddie, The
Truth of the Lie', several months ago but the book copies that were
seized and kept at the guardianship of the McCann couple's lawyer have
not yet been returned.
Lower Third: Supreme
Court of Justice authorized the sale of Gonçalo Amaral's book
Gonçalo Amaral: This
is a denunciation made to DIAP, the Department of Investigation and
Penal Action of Lisbon, relative to the eventual practise of a crime of
destruction of objects placed in public domain. Namely, the 7,500 book
copies of 'Maddie, The Truth of the Lie' of which I am the author, books
that were in the possession of Kate McCann, Gerald McCann and their
lawyer, Isabel Duarte. They were nominated as trustees when the books
were seized, and they had them since September 2009. Decisions by the
Superior Portuguese Courts annulled the injunction from which the
seizure consequently emerged. Therefore, the books should have been
returned.
VO: Without recording
an interview, the McCanns' lawyer confirmed that she is the trustee of
the book copies, and as such, she would never destroy something that was
entrusted to her by the court.
Lower Third: McCann
lawyer says Gonçalo Amaral's books were not destroyed
VO: Gonçalo Amaral
stresses that the legal action taken by Maddie's parents brought other
damages.
Lower Third: Gonçalo
Amaral says that legal action taken by couple brought personal and
professional losses
GA: What causes a
great loss to my family, mainly to my family and to me, are the other
arrests in the scope of a main legal action that is ongoing. The seizure
of the authorship rights, of the documentary, for example; the
destruction of a company as a guarantee [ref. 1.2 million claim made by
the McCanns], I had a legal consulting company that was ruined by this
couple and by their lawyer... There are various things that have, even,
prevented me from exercising a professional activity.
VO: With the
denunciation on its way to DIAP, Gonçalo Amaral waits now for the return
of the 7,500 book copies of 'Maddie, The Truth of the Lie' |
