Overview
- Raoul Bova was heard in Rome as the injured party and said he refused an alleged attempt to extract a “gift” to prevent publication.
- Investigators consider Federico Monzino the sender of anonymous threats to Bova and have placed him under investigation for attempted extortion.
- Prosecutors believe Monzino supplied the chats and audio to Fabrizio Corona, who broadcast them on his Falsissimo podcast before they went viral in July.
- Bova turned to the Italian data protection authority, which opened a file on the case, and he filed to trademark the phrase “occhi spaccanti.”
- Key details remain unresolved, including the identity behind the Spanish number that first contacted Bova, and press reports describe personal fallout from the leak.