Overview

• The Prosecutor’s Office in Pavia said statements by Massimo Lovati about who pushed to reopen the Garlasco case were unfounded, issuing a timeline that attributes the impetus to a 2023 report filed by Alberto Stasi’s defense.
• The note specifies that the reopening request was signed on Feb. 14, 2024 by chief prosecutor Fabio Napoleone and deputies Andrea Zanoncelli and Valentina De Stefano, with Stefano Civardi co-assigned only afterward.
• Milan prosecutors are investigating Lovati for aggravated defamation following a complaint by the Giarda law firm, with the file reported to be assigned to public prosecutor Fabio De Pasquale.
• The Giarda attorneys contest Lovati’s past claims that their 2017 defense work was a “machination,” citing previous rulings and signaling a potential second complaint over new remarks.
• Lovati also drew outrage after clandestine recordings published Oct. 5 captured him outlining a graphic hypothetical defense for Massimo Bossetti in the Yara Gambirasio case, prompting a sharp rebuke from Bossetti’s lawyer, Claudio Salvagni.