Overview
- Massimo Lovati appeared in Brescia as a witness described as a 'persona interessata', not as a suspect, in the corruption inquiry linked to the 2017 archiving.
- Investigators are tracing roughly €35,000 in cash withdrawals by the Sempio family to determine if the money paid lawyers or was used to sway judicial decisions.
- Former Sempio defenders Federico Soldani and Simone Grassi were heard and said they did not receive cash, citing media visibility as their only benefit.
- Lovati has publicly acknowledged receiving money in cash but denies collecting the entire sum associated with the withdrawals.
- Alfredo Scaccia resigned a day after being named as Lovati’s spokesman, while lawyer Fabrizio Gallo, after an on-air protest, said he will continue to represent Lovati in a related defamation case.