Overview
- GIP Rossana Mongiardo on October 30 ordered the archiving of the sexual-violence investigation into Leonardo Apache La Russa and Tommaso Gilardoni, granting the Milan prosecutors’ request.
- A separate case over the alleged unlawful dissemination of sexually explicit videos from the same night moves forward, with a preliminary hearing set for November 13.
- The decree notes the videos do not unequivocally show coercion and finds no specific proof the men perceived impairment vitiating consent, while criticizing their conduct as superficial and disrespectful.
- Prosecutors had argued the woman appeared alert and oriented in the footage after a nearly two-year probe led by the Squadra Mobile and coordinated by PMs Letizia Mannella and Rosaria Stagnaro.
- The complainant opposed archiving, seeks €50,000 in civil damages, and through her counsel criticized the ruling, saying she will turn to European justice.