Overview

• Judge Laura Chillemi sentenced Paolo Mocavero to nine months for defaming Baggio, marking his third conviction in five years.
• The case centers on a November 23, 2020 broadcast of Radio24’s La Zanzara in which Baggio was called an “assassin” and an “uomo di m…”, according to the indictment.
• Roberto Baggio joined the case as a civil party, represented by lawyers Pasquale Pantano and Paola Cortazzo.
• Mocavero maintains the voice on the radio segment was not his, with his defense suggesting it could have been fabricated, and his lawyer says he will appeal in Venice.
• Earlier rulings ordered €15,000 in damages that Baggio has not sought to collect, and the latest judgment leaves any monetary award to separate civil proceedings.