Overview

• Filippo Tortu, Olympic relay gold medalist, chose not to testify in the Milan inquiry into alleged cyber-spying targeting teammate Marcell Jacobs.
• The investigation, part of the Equalize probe, focuses on Giacomo Tortu, Filippo's brother, who is accused of orchestrating an illicit wiretapping scheme.
• Prosecutors allege ex-policeman Carmine Gallo was commissioned to hack Jacobs’s phone, but the operation failed as no data was extracted.
• The suspected motive for the hacking attempt was to find evidence of doping, though Jacobs has never been implicated in such allegations.
• The Equalize inquiry remains active, with no formal charges filed, as investigators continue examining potential illicit intelligence activities in sports.