Overview

• Stefano Addeo, a 65-year-old German teacher at Liceo Medi in Cicciano, posted on Facebook that he wished death upon Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s eight-year-old daughter.
• The Campania regional school office suspended him and cut his salary by 50 percent to protect the school community pending the outcome of disciplinary charges.
• He retracted claims that artificial intelligence authored the message, issued a public apology and requested a personal meeting with Meloni.
• Addeo was hospitalized and underwent a gastric lavage after ingesting multiple medications and alcohol in an apparent suicide attempt.
• Police are probing his social media activity and the regional education authority is preparing formal charges that could lead to dismissal following revelations of past threats against other officials’ children.