Overview

• The Genoa public prosecutor’s office, led by substituta procuratrice Daniela Pischetola, formally opened a file for revenge porn on July 28.
• Polizia di Stato has carried out initial interrogations of all five participants, including a doctor, a notary, the restaurant owner, his partner and another woman.
• Preliminary findings indicate that small quantities of recreational drugs were used during the gathering, prompting questions about participants’ capacity to consent.
• The notary participant has admitted to secretly photographing the encounter and distributing the images via WhatsApp without the subjects’ knowledge.
• No formal suspects have been named as investigators continue to piece together the sequence of events to assign legal responsibility.