Overview
- In the One More Time podcast hosted by Luca Casadei, the 21-year-old shares his account of years of drug use and detention, a testimony widely reported by Italian media.
- He says he was arrested at about 15 and a half for dealing cannabis during the COVID quarantine and spent time in a penal therapeutic community.
- Costacurta recounts attempting suicide there by drinking seven bottles of methadone before firefighters and medics intervened, noting doctors later could not explain his survival.
- He reports undergoing seven involuntary psychiatric holds (TSO), describing respectful care in Padova and Como but days of physical restraint in Milan.
- He says a Swiss clinic warned he was days from death, diagnosed ADHD, started him on Ritalin, improved family dynamics through a parenting course, and he now plans projects to support people with disabilities.