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Ex-'Amici' Rapper Lorenzo Venera on Trial for Alleged Long-Term Abuse

The Turin trial highlights allegations of years of violence, controlling behavior, death threats invoking high-profile femicide cases against his ex-girlfriend.

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Overview

  • Venera, 36, stands accused in Turin of abusing his former partner from 2018 until November 2024.
  • The complaint includes controlling her phone, physical assaults such as slaps and hair-pulling, and threats like “ti ammazzo” and references to Giulia Cecchettin and Giulia Tramontano.
  • His ex-girlfriend’s courtroom testimony this June detailed those threats while a second former partner corroborated similar abuse.
  • Authorities intervened after a neighbor report on Halloween 2024 led to his arrest under Italy’s Codice Rosso protections for domestic violence.
  • Venera’s past includes participation in Amici (2013) and a 2014 drug arrest, background factors prosecutors cite in arguing a pattern of violence.