Journalist Sigfrido Ranucci Sues Magistrate Clementina Forleo Over Facebook Post
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- Corriere della Sera
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Journalist Sigfrido Ranucci has instructed his lawyers to take legal action against Clementina Forleo, a counselor of the Court of Appeal of Rome, following a post she published on Facebook on Sunday, August 16. The legal move follows comments made by Forleo regarding Ranucci and his role as the host of the public service program Report. In her post, Forleo asked who was blackmailing Ranucci and questioned why he wanted to maintain control of the program by threatening to reveal chats with others. One source adds that Forleo further stated that in a normal country, Ranucci would have already been investigated for extortion and had his phones seized due to such intimidations.
Forleo responded to the lawsuit by stating that her post was a mere reflection on news reports published in Il Foglio by Carmelo Caruso and shared by Salvo Sottile on Facebook. She noted that she had not been contradicted by the interested party and asserted that in a state of law, everyone is responsible for their conduct, including their lawsuits. Ranucci's lawyer, Roberto De Vita, described the magistrate's statements as baseless and gravely slanderous, arguing that they exceeded the bounds of sobriety and necessitated judicial intervention.
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- The center-right lean outlet provided more extensive detail regarding the specific accusations of extortion and included a critical statement from Ranucci's lawyer.
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