Overview
- Massimo Lovati, formerly on Andrea Sempio’s defense team, said he received about €15–16 thousand in cash from the Sempio family over eight months and collected his share at colleague Federico Soldani’s office.
- Lovati denies any role in bribery and urges former co-counsel to confirm cash payments, while Soldani and Simone Grassi maintain they were not paid and worked for publicity.
- Lovati’s attorney says he will go to the Brescia prosecutor’s office next week to learn whether Lovati is formally under investigation, adding that Lovati does not plan to invoke professional secrecy.
- Brescia prosecutors are examining a seized note reading “Venditti gip archivia x 20.30 euro” as they investigate suspected corruption involving former deputy prosecutor Mario Venditti and Giuseppe Sempio.
- Separately, Pavia has Andrea Sempio listed as a suspect in the reopened homicide probe, which also revisits disputed forensic work, including a 2017 consultancy that identified male DNA under the victim’s fingernail.