Overview
- Daniela Casulli was cleared on 30 October by the Court of Appeal in Bari after a first-instance conviction of seven years and three months.
- The acquittal lifts accessory penalties, allowing her to return to teaching as the interdiction from public office and work with minors is removed.
- Prosecutors had alleged sexual encounters in a Bari B&B in 2021 involving a 15-year-old, with scenes filmed by other minors and shared on social media.
- The investigation began when mothers found explicit material on their children's phones, leading Carabinieri to intervene and place Casulli under house arrest.
- Casulli maintains she was contacted by the teens and did not make the videos, and she hailed the decision in a Facebook post praising the court.