Overview

• The Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office has formally asked a court to send Leonardo Apache La Russa and Tommaso Gilardoni to trial for distributing sexually explicit videos without the woman’s consent.
• Prosecutors allege La Russa filmed and sent a private video of a 22-year-old woman on May 19, 2023, and that Gilardoni forwarded it to a third party the following August.
• In April prosecutors sought to dismiss the sexual violence accusations, concluding there is no proof the men exploited the woman’s impaired state to obtain consent.
• The woman’s lawyer argues her client’s consumption of alcohol, drugs and antidepressants rendered her unable to give valid consent during the incident.
• A judge must now decide on the revenge porn trial request ahead of a September 25 hearing on the remaining sexual violence allegations.