Overview
- The preliminary judge, Maria Beatrice Parati, declared the revenge‑porn charge against Leonardo Apache La Russa extinguished after deeming his €25,000 offer adequate under Italian procedure.
- The Prosecutor’s Office opposed extinguishment as insufficient and had sought a restorative‑justice path for La Russa, a request the judge did not adopt.
- The woman who reported the offense has refused the money, her lawyer says she will challenge the judge’s finding on adequacy, and the defense had already deposited the sum and filed a remorse letter.
- In a parallel ruling, friend and DJ Tommaso Gilardoni was convicted in abbreviated trial of disseminating a video, receiving a one‑year suspended sentence and an order to pay €7,000 to the victim.
- The separate sexual‑violence allegation tied to the night of May 18–19, 2023, was previously archived at prosecutors’ request after investigators said evidence was insufficient to proceed.