Brazilian league champion Palmeiras asked a court Tuesday to order magnate turned soccer investor John Textor to stop accusing the club of using corruption to defeat his Botafogo in the 2023 title race.

The Sao Paulo club asked Brazil’s Superior Court of Sport for soccer to order Textor “to abstain from any mention or reference to Palmeiras, under penalty of suspension and fine,” the court said in a statement.

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