Overview

• Prosecutors screened one of the recordings and the judge heard witness testimony in a closed hearing at the Juvenile Court of L'Aquila.
• The defendants, now 16 and 17, are charged with aggravated group sexual violence and with reproducing and distributing child‑pornographic material.
• According to the prosecution, a friend led the girl, then 13, to smoke a joint and go to the boys’ home, where one allegedly assaulted her while the other filmed.
• The videos were first shared in a class chat and later circulated on Instagram, which prosecutors say is how the girl learned of the abuse.
• The victim did not attend and is receiving professional care after changing school and city, and her mother left the courtroom in tears when the video was shown.