Overview
- Massimo Lovati said he took about €15–16 thousand in cash for eight months of work, collected at co-counsel Federico Soldani’s office, and denied acting as an intermediary to corrupt anyone.
- He urged former colleagues Soldani and Simone Grassi to disclose how they were paid, countering their public claims of working for visibility, and stated that three shares would total roughly €45,000.
- Investigators are analyzing a note seized at the Sempio home listing figures in thousands, including a line referencing a €6,400 invoice for Luciano Garofano, alongside reported 2017 account movements of about €43,000.
- Lovati said the private Garofano consultancy contradicted Pasquale Linarello’s report that helped reopen the case in 2017, adding he kept Garofano’s findings without filing them.
- The Brescia prosecutor’s office is pursuing an alleged corruption case tied to payments around the Sempio defense, and Lovati said he would represent Andrea Sempio again if asked.