Overview

• Andrea Sempio, still under investigation in the Garlasco case, has replaced Massimo Lovati with Liborio Cataliotti, who joins Angela Taccia on the defense team.
• Cataliotti says he will avoid TV theatrics, focus on court filings, and believes Sempio is innocent after extensive questioning about prints, calls, and house access.
• Lovati’s lawyer, Fabrizio Gallo, publicly claimed the Vigevano receipt used for Sempio’s alibi is false and worthless without external corroboration, underscoring a sharp rupture with the former defense.
• The incident probatorio is ongoing as the new team prepares to contest DNA evidence, including the origin of traces under the victim’s fingernails and the debated ‘imprint 33’ that exists only in photographs.
• The defense is studying a possible jurisdictional move under Article 12 without committing to it, is distancing its strategy from discussion of Alberto Stasi, and is weighing genetic consultancy alongside work by Armando Palmegiani.