Juventus's chief executive and team doctor were accused of supplying performance-enhancing substances to players between 1994 and 1998, when the Turin giants were enjoying an especially golden period. The pair claimed the substances were used to improve the health of their players.

In the end, the Turin court could not convict Juventus of "sporting fraud" because there is a difference between the spirit of the law and the letter of the law. The court concluded that the "excessive use of legal or prescribed pharmaceuticals, while deplorable from a sporting perspective, did not constitute a crime."