Evangelos Marinakis, owner of Nottingham Forest football club, is suing a rival from Greek football in a libel case at the High Court in London. Marinakis alleges that Irini Karipidis, chairperson of Greek club Aris Thessaloniki, teamed up with Ari Harow, former chief of staff to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to wage a six-month campaign of false and defamatory claims against him. Court documents allege that Marinakis was accused of being the head of a criminal organisation known as 'The System' and involved in drug smuggling and match-fixing. Marinakis is seeking damages for conspiracy.
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