Overview
- Massimo Lovati, formerly Andrea Sempio’s lawyer, is scheduled to be heard in Brescia today as a person informed or interested in the facts in the corruption inquiry.
- Investigators plan to question him about alleged cash payments from the Sempio family and about why defense materials were in hand by late 2016.
- The Brescia office has also summoned lawyers Federico Soldani and Simone Grassi as it reconstructs the destination and purpose of the cash withdrawals.
- The probe concerns suspected judicial corruption involving retired Pavia deputy prosecutor Mario Venditti and Giuseppe Sempio, with prosecutors assessing whether any money flowed beyond defense fees.
- Lovati’s public representation has fractured, with spokesman Alfredo Scaccia stepping down and lawyer Fabrizio Gallo signaling he would renounce the mandate before later saying he remains involved only on a separate defamation matter.