Overview

• The Tribunal of Tempio Pausania found the four guilty of group sexual violence tied to events at the Grillo family villa in Porto Cervo during the night of July 16–17, 2019.
• Ciro Grillo, Vittorio Lauria and Edoardo Capitta were each sentenced to eight years in prison, while Francesco Corsiglia received six years and six months.
• Prosecutor Gregorio Capasso had requested nine years for all four, and the defense teams maintained the encounters were consensual and sought full acquittal.
• Neither the defendants nor the principal accuser were in court for the verdict, and the accuser’s lawyer Giulia Bongiorno said she advised her client not to attend to avoid being photographed.
• The decision follows a lengthy trial that weighed digital evidence and numerous witnesses, with the court’s panel stabilized by a CSM-appointed judge after a brief postponement linked to a bereavement.