The wife of former banker Ricardo Salgado emphasized this Monday in the EDP court that her husband “has no independence” due to Alzheimer’s disease and that he is lost in his own home.
Speaking as a witness at another session of the Central Criminal Court of Lisbon, Maria Joao Salgado recalled her almost 60-year marriage to the former president of the Espirito Santo Group (GES) to highlight the deteriorating health of her husband, noting that he has to accompany you virtually in all your daily activities.
“He is sick, his illness, unfortunately, is progressing. Ricardo has a hard time doing everything on his own… I have to be with him so he can go to the bathroom. I sleep with him and I have to be careful because he gets up at night and doesn’t turn on the light. It is difficult for me to say this about my husband, but now he has no independence,” said Maria João Salgado, continuing: “He is already lost at home.”
According to the wife of the former BES president, Ricardo Salgado often mixes his children with his grandchildren due to his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (which he has been diagnosed with and has already undergone two medical examinations). She also admitted that she had to hire a nanny several times to help take care of her husband.
“I am his guardian and always will be, but sometimes I need a break. I can’t sleep and have already hired a house sitter. Our room is on the first floor, and I rented him a room here. so he doesn’t have to go down the stairs and go to the bathroom because I’m afraid… When I’m really tired, he stays downstairs. This has nothing to do with it… I had a fantastic time with my husband, and today I have a big child to take care of,” she concluded.
Regarding Ricardo Salgado’s relationship with the two other defendants in the case, former Economy Minister Manuel Piño and his wife Alexandra Piño, Maria João Salgado stressed that her husband “talked very little about work” and that reason therefore did not matter. have a lot of information about relationships.
Ricardo Salgado is being tried in this case for active corruption for unlawful acts, active corruption and money laundering.
Manuel Pinho, under house arrest since December 2021, is accused of passive corruption for unlawful acts, passive corruption, money laundering and tax fraud, while his wife Alexandra Pinho is on trial for money laundering and tax fraud – on material. authorship with my husband.
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Source: CM Jornal
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