Overview
- The ruling overturns a 2024 Monza conviction that had imposed three years and nine months in prison and a €10,000 provvisionale to the student.
- Appeals judges deliberated for four hours before acquitting the 65-year-old former literature teacher of sexual acts with a minor.
- The case began with a 2019 cellphone photo taken in a school bathroom that showed the teacher kissing a 16-year-old pupil, triggering the investigation.
- The defense, led by lawyer Simone Vismara, argued the relationship involved feelings and no abuse, and the teacher cried upon hearing the verdict.
- One outlet reports a separate suspended 10‑month sentence for altering the electronic register was upheld, a detail not confirmed across other reports.