Following an appeal, Andrea Agnelli's suspension was lowered from 16 to 10 months

After submitting an appeal to the Italian soccer association in the pay probe on Monday, former Juventus president Andrea Agnelli had one of his soccer bans lowered from 16 to 10 months.

Because of the way he handled player salary reductions during the coronavirus outbreak, Agnelli was accused of fraud.

A fine of 40,000 euros ($43,000) was substituted for the original penalty of 60,000 euros ($65,000).

Additionally undergoing a two-year suspension for dishonest accounting, Agnelli.

In May, Juventus and seven additional former Juventus directors reached a plea agreement with the federation over the salary dispute. Agnelli was the only party involved in the case who chose to go to trial.

Juventus announced at the beginning of the pandemic that 23 players had consented to a four-month salary reduction to assist the team in getting through the crisis. Prosecutors contend that the athletes only forfeited one month's salary.

Juventus and Agnelli have both denied wrongdoing. Following the Turin prosecutors' probe into incorrect accounting, which resulted in the team losing 10 points last season, he and the whole Juventus board of directors resigned in November of last year.

Juventus was also barred from the Europa Conference League for this season by UEFA due to the bogus accounting issue.