A sports prosecutor in Greece is investigating whether Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis should be charged over a brawl during Sunday’s Euroleague basketball final, state television ERT said on Monday.
The shipping and media mogul is said to be seen in footage of clashes with a prominent member of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ family in the VIP stands during the final between Olympiacos Piraeus and Real Madrid in Athens.
In the footage, Marinakis allegedly punches Mitsotakis’ cousin Grigoris Dimitriadis before pulling them apart.
Part of the tycoon’s T-shirt was torn during the fight.
Sports prosecutor Aristides Koreas is investigating whether both men can be charged in the incident, ERT said.
Dimitriadis, a former close aide to the prime minister, was forced to resign in 2022 over a wiretapping scandal that rocked the government.
Newspapers owned by Marinakis were critical of his role in the affair.
Marinakis, 58, also owns the Olympiacos Piraeus and Rio Ave football clubs.
He is one of dozens of defendants on trial over the killing of a Greek riot police officer by suspected Olympiacos hooligans in 2023.
He has denied wrongdoing.
Olympiakos has criticized the prosecution as “unjust collective targeting of our fans” and “fueled by specific political and business interests”.
Published on May 26, 2026
