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mer Juventus footballer caught up inen Chagall caseo Bettega is not suspected of any wrongdoing, but is ant in the case against a Bologna dealer

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ri in Turin take custody of Chagall's Le nu au Bouquet

second time in a year, a former footballer for J uventus FC, one ofms in Turin, has fallen prey to an art crime. Roberto Bettega, whoor J uventus between 1969 and 1983, says that he boughts Le Nu au Bouquet, 1920, from Italo Spagna, the director of the-based Galleria Marescalchi, for 1.2m in 2003. This version ofs disputed by Spagna, who says he did not sell the painting.

rs that the Chagall may be a work stolen from the boat belongingmerican businessman Edward Cantor, while it was anchored atjust west of Genoa, in 2002. Cantors son reported the theft whenvered what he said was a poorly executed replica hanging inthe original. The Italian authorities recently tracked down whateve is the original painting to Bettegas home in Turin: he hasthe painting to the Carabinieri and investigators believe he

he work in good faith. The former footballer is now a claimant incoming trial against Spagna.

is under investigation by Interpol, Turins Carabinieri and thecreated Sezione Reati contro il Patrimonio Artistico (division forgainst art heritage) working for Turins high court. He says he hasory of the Chagall work or of conducting any transaction withTwo other people are involved in the investigation, both

an nationalsone was working on Cantors yacht at the time of, while the other reportedly contacted the Muse Marc Chagall ind pretended to be related to Cantor in order to have the workd.

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r, the Frenchman J onathan Zebina, who played for Juventus from2010, found himself at the centre of an art scandal when aRotella forgery, Wise, 1965, and six others, were linked to hisallery, J Z Art (see The Art Newspaper, March 2012, p7 and

ber 2012, p6). Like Bettega, Zebina was not suspected of anyoing.

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