Roberto Saviano Acquitted in Salvini Defamation Trial

Italian author and mafia expert Roberto Saviano has been acquitted in a defamation trial brought against him by Matteo Salvini. The court cleared Saviano of the charges.

17 Apr, 11:13 — 17 Apr, 11:13

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Saviano cleared of defaming Salvini

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 17 - Anti-mafia writer Roberto Saviano was cleared Thursday of defaming Deputy Premier, Transport Minister and League party leader Matteo Salvini in a trial of the Gomorra author after he called the rightist politician "the minister of the underworld" when he was blocking migrant rescue ships and threatening to strip Saviano of his police escort after the leftwing writer called him a "bastard" over migrant minor deaths in 2018. Salvini sued the author of 2006 Camorra exposè...

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