Overview
- On stage at Milan’s Forum di Assago, Fedez said he takes responsibility and asked Jannik Sinner’s forgiveness, saying the line was a misjudged parable.
- A municipal councillor in Bolzano, Giuseppe Martucci of Fratelli d’Italia, filed an esposto citing article 604-bis on propaganda and instigation to racial hatred.
- As of Sept. 20, there is a formal complaint on file and no public indication that prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation.
- South Tyrol’s SVP parliamentarians condemned the wording as offensive to the German‑speaking minority, and Germany’s DPA covered the backlash.
- Before apologizing, Fedez told Radio24’s La Zanzara the lyric was intended as irony about Italian fanatism; Sinner has not commented.