Overview
- A Rome investigating judge ordered the preventive seizure and removal of the recording from Maria Rosaria Boccia’s social accounts and the Campania outlet Anteprima 24, with the Carabinieri executing the order.
- Prosecutors opened the new file after a complaint filed by former culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano over incidents reported in August.
- Investigators say Boccia acted in concert with a journalist in disseminating the audio, while the outlet maintains the clip had previously aired on Report in 2024.
- The newsroom of Anteprima 24 was searched and instructed to delete parts of an August interview with Boccia, and investigators acquired audiovisual material.
- A separate case against Boccia for stalking, bodily injury, defamation and alleged false statements is set for a 9 February 2026 preliminary hearing, and she denies wrongdoing, saying Sangiuliano authorized the recordings.