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The presenter of the show 'La Vita in Diretta', Alberto Matano, 53, and field journalist Barbara Di Palma, 46, have been sued for defamation by an Albanian.
The 45-year-old woman was initially under investigation and then sentenced in November last year to two years in prison for exploiting mental incapacity.
The Albanian is suspected of having encouraged Baroness Maria Malfatti, who died on October 31, 2023 at the age of 87 in Rovereto, taking advantage of her cognitive decline, to name her universal heir and leave all her assets worth about five million euros.
This is also the thesis supported by the nine grandchildren who appeared as civil parties in the process.
AS's case was covered on the show 'La Vita in Diretta', broadcast on April 16, when the preliminary hearing was still in progress.
What has angered the current businesswoman in the restaurant sector is the "evil" description she was given by both the presenter and his colleague during the report.
In her lawsuit, she also disputed the hypothesis put forward by the two journalists that she could be part of a fraudulent organization.
The defamation lawsuit against the two journalists suffered a blow on June 25, when the deputy prosecutor of the Rovereto Prosecutor's Office, Viviana Del Tedesco, filed the request for archiving with the judge for preliminary investigations.
However, the 45-year-old did not give up and, together with her lawyer Nicola Canestrini, filed an objection to the Prosecution's request. The file is now in the hands of the preliminary hearing judge, who is expected to schedule a hearing in the coming days to review the case and then decide on the defense's request.
Matano and Di Palma, defended by Veronese lawyer Luca Tirapelle, declare that this is "a purely journalistic reconstruction, with no denigrating or insulting intent towards the injured person."
The report also cited statements from the elderly woman's friends, who described the caregiver's behavior as "loving", to provide a balanced picture of the incident.
As for the qualification "evil", "although it evokes a negative connotation," states lawyer Tirapelle's memo, it refers to cunning and deceptive behavior, which is fully consistent with the actions of the complainant.
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