Former Entain CEO Kenny Alexander and his legal partner Feldman filed a lawsuit against Entain and the law company that was investigating the 2019 Turkey case on February 13. Concerns over confidential information given to prosecutors during the investigation into Entain’s operations in Turkey are at the center of the matter, which was initially covered by the Financial Times.
Legal Dispute Over Privileged Information
Alexander and Feldman are pushing for a court order to access specific details shared with prosecutors during the investigation. The two claim they were clients of the AG law firm—the same firm that provided legal counsel to Entain (formerly GVC Holdings) during the investigation. As such, they argue that any legal advice or privileged information from AG related to the Turkey case should be disclosed to them.
In the legal claim, Alexander and Feldman emphasized that any materials or information that were jointly privileged and shared between the law firm, the company, and the claimants should not have been disclosed without their consent. “The claimants understand that the company and/or AG may have disclosed, in the course of the investigation and/or in the course of the Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) or otherwise, privileged materials to HMRC, the Crown Prosecution Service […],” they stated in the claim.
The investigation into Entain’s operations in Turkey began in 2019. The issue stemmed from Entain’s activities through its subsidiary Ropso Malta Limited, which had acquired Headlong Limited in 2017. Despite divesting from the subsidiary in 2017, media reports suggested that the operator continued to benefit from the Turkish-facing business well into 2019, which prompted an investigation by HMRC.
The probe escalated in 2020 and expanded to potential violations of the Bribery Act 2010, specifically Section 7, which covers corporate offenses. This culminated in a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) in November 2023, where Entain agreed to a £585 million financial penalty, alongside a £20 million charitable donation and £10 million in costs for CPS and HMRC.
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