Overview

• Defense lawyers are set to give final rebuttals before the judges retire to deliberate, with a ruling anticipated this evening.
• The defendants are Ciro Grillo, Vittorio Lauria, Edoardo Capitta and Francesco Corsiglia, all charged with group sexual violence.
• The case centers on events of July 17, 2019 at Grillo’s Costa Smeralda holiday home, involving two women identified in reports as Silvia and Roberta.
• Investigators found sexual images next to the sleeping face of Roberta on the men’s phones, while Silvia alleges an assault first by Corsiglia and then by all four.
• A second count of group sexual violence applies to all except Corsiglia, a distinction that could lead to differing sentences if convictions are returned.