Overview
- The Court of Appeal in Bari acquitted Daniela Casulli with the formula that the fact does not constitute a crime.
- The decision overturns a 2024 first-instance judgment that sentenced her to seven years and three months for alleged grooming-related offenses.
- Accessory penalties, including interdiction from public office and bans on working with minors, have been lifted, allowing the 48-year-old to return to schools.
- The investigation began in 2021 after mothers found material on their children’s phones, and Carabinieri located Casulli with a boy at a Bari bed and breakfast.
- Coverage based on the inquiry reported sex with a 15-year-old recorded by other boys and a live Instagram stream, allegations not upheld as criminal in the appellate ruling.