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Cuneo Care Cooperative Placed Under Judicial Administration After 'Aberrant' Abuse Videos

Prosecutors say hidden-camera footage shows residents with disabilities subjected to violent mistreatment.

Overview

  • Two senior managers are jailed, four staff are under house arrest and 11 are under stay-away orders, with 21 suspects identified after 18 searches.
  • All 18 residents, including some minors and people with autism, were relocated to other facilities under ASL Cn1 coordination.
  • The cooperative was placed under judicial administration and its sites, including the Con Noi family home and the Stella Alpina residential unit, were preventively seized.
  • Investigators describe recordings showing beatings, insults, restraints, isolation, insufficient food and unqualified staff administering tranquilizers.
  • Authorities are also examining possible fraud in public supplies involving about €1.4 million in payments, while a separate 2014–2019 case heads to trial on December 16.