Overview
- In a Rai2 Belve interview, Magnini says sports prosecutors fixated on him as an “attackable pawn” to avoid scrutinizing other athletes.
- He claims to have taped interrogations and says a prosecutor called the case personal, a line he says is missing from the official DVD he requested.
- Magnini alleges investigators told teammate Santucci the case would close if he named Magnini, a request Santucci refused.
- He contends he was targeted for rejecting a plea deal during the 2017 probe, noting he was fully cleared by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2020.
- Magnini says he has not filed complaints yet but may pursue them, as Federica Pellegrini publicly dismisses his account with social posts and remarks to La Stampa.