Overview
- On Wednesday, June 17, Daniela Ferrari was rushed to hospital after ingesting a large dose of tranquillizers; doctors performed an emergency gastric lavage, kept her in intensive care and later moved her to a psychiatric ward where clinicians say she is physically stable but not lucid.
- Ferrari’s family and lawyers authorized public disclosure that the ingestion was a voluntary suicide attempt and they say a sustained wave of social‑media hate, threatening letters and intense press attention worsened her distress.
- Prosecutors in Pavia have reopened inquiries that name Ferrari’s son, Andrea Sempio, as the subject of a renewed investigation into the 2007 murder of Chiara Poggi, while a separate Brescia probe involves her husband Giuseppe on alleged corruption related to earlier case handling.
- Investigators have repeatedly interviewed Ferrari over the years and have examined contested evidence such as a parking‑ticket alibi ('scontrino'); she previously suffered health crises during or after questioning in 2025 and 2026.
- The case now combines urgent medical, legal and public‑opinion issues: prosecutors will continue the probes in the coming months, the defence is urging calmer media and social‑media behavior, and the family faces prolonged scrutiny that lawyers say will affect their daily life and legal strategy.