Overview

• Deputy prosecutor Eliana Dolce’s team in Rome has opened a formal probe into attempted extortion, seizing phones from PR Federico Monzino, influencer Martina Ceretti and ex-paparazzo Fabrizio Corona
• Federico Monzino has been officially denounced for forwarding the private audio files to Fabrizio Corona, though he denies sending the subsequent extortion messages
• Prosecutors are exploring whether the tactics used against Bova form part of a structured network targeting high-profile figures for blackmail
• Martina Ceretti’s conflicting statements about how she and Monzino shared the recordings have prompted forensic analysis of her seized phone
• Bova has lodged a complaint with the Garante per la privacy to obtain an injunction halting further dissemination of his personal chats