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Achille Costacurta, 21, Says Swiss Clinic Saved Him After Teen Suicide Attempt and Coercive Care

In a podcast released today, he attributes his current stability to treatment in Switzerland after years of psychiatric crises.

Overview

  • The son of Billy Costacurta and Martina Colombari gives an extended first‑person account on the One More Time podcast published on October 31.
  • He says he was arrested at 15 and a half during the COVID lockdown and tried to kill himself in a juvenile therapeutic center by drinking seven bottles of methadone.
  • He reports undergoing seven involuntary psychiatric treatments, praising care in Padova and Como but alleging he was tied to a bed for three days in Milan.
  • He recalls receiving long‑acting depot medication and says he asked daily for euthanasia, adding that his father cried when he was taken away for the injection.
  • He credits an unnamed Swiss clinic with diagnosing ADHD and helping him stop using drugs, saying clinicians warned he might have died within ten days without treatment.