Overview
- Mediaset and MFE filed a civil claim seeking €160 million in reputational and financial damages from Corona and his companies, citing what they call baseless allegations and a systematic campaign for profit.
- The company says any damages awarded will fund legal assistance for victims of stalking, offenses under Italy’s Codice Rosso, and cyberbullying, and it warns it may act against those who help disseminate the contested content.
- Corona’s lawyer says he will file a complaint alleging attempted extortion over letters sent to venues hosting events, while Mediaset sources indicate they may counterfile for calumny.
- Meta, Google and TikTok removed Corona’s accounts and scrubbed most ‘Falsissimo’ videos for multiple policy violations, decisions that followed Mediaset’s legal demands and were not ordered by criminal courts.
- A Milan civil judge on January 26 ordered Corona to remove defamatory content about Alfonso Signorini and refrain from further publication, as prosecutors pursue parallel probes into defamation, alleged revenge porn and related offenses; Corona’s accounts remain closed today.