Overview

• The Rome prosecutor’s office has formally registered an attempted extortion case against PR Federico Monzino over anonymous threats to publish Raoul Bova’s private chats with Martina Ceretti.
• Investigators from the Polizia Postale have seized phones belonging to Ceretti, Monzino and Fabrizio Corona and are conducting forensic analyses to map the chain of custody for the audio and text messages.
• Prosecutors are evaluating possible recettazione charges against any party proven to have known of the illicit origin of the materials before they were aired on Corona’s Falsissimo podcast.
• Martina Ceretti told investigators she shared her private chats with Monzino in good faith, but Monzino has offered a differing account of how the materials reached Corona and denies orchestrating any extortion.
• Raoul Bova and Rocío Muñoz Morales remain in dispute over the timing of their separation as their legal teams negotiate a private settlement to protect their children from further media exposure.