Overview

• The indictment request covers four counts of sexual violence from allegations by seven patients, with only two counts pertaining to women named in the original search warrant.
• Public prosecutors Lea Lamonaca, Delia Boschetto and deputy Cesare Parodi led the investigation, seizing clinical records, computers, cell phones and photographs at Viale’s private office and Sant’Anna Hospital.
• Accusers described offensive language, unauthorized intimate photographs and unwanted physical contact during gynecological exams dating back to 2023.
• Viale’s defense argues that forensic analysis of his devices found no nude or intimate images and suggests the remaining six allegations have been formally archived.
• Viale and his lawyer, Cosimo Palumbo, say they are ready to demonstrate his professional integrity at the preliminary hearing on September 15.