Overview

• Investigators are examining allegations that a 14-year-old and an 18-year-old abused and blackmailed a 12-year-old girl.
• Carabinieri searched the suspects’ homes and seized phones, tablets, computers, and digital storage for forensic analysis.
• The materials were powered down and delivered to the prosecutors in Sulmona and L’Aquila for examination by a court-appointed expert.
• Prosecutors are pursuing lines of inquiry that include aggravated sexual violence against a minor under 14 and revenge porn.
• The case moved forward after a brief explicit video circulated on WhatsApp, and social services and psychologists are assisting as a protected interview is expected soon.