Overview

• Speaking on Rai's La Vita in Diretta, Andrea Sempio said he revoked Massimo Lovati's mandate over deep divergences on strategy and reiterated that he did not kill Chiara Poggi.
• Sempio remains represented by lawyer Angela Taccia following the split.
• Former deputy prosecutor Mario Venditti appeared before the Brescia Riesame court, denied ever receiving money, and asked judges to lift September 26 search-and-seizure orders.
• Lovati’s attorney, Fabrizio Gallo, said his client was paid in cash by the Sempio family for legal fees and that a roughly €6,000 consultancy by Luciano Garofano was paid but never filed.
• Studio Legale Giarda has filed a defamation complaint tied to public statements about the case as investigators pursue broader lines of inquiry.