Overview
- The request was presented in court for a December 2021 incident involving a second former partner identified by a pseudonym.
- The prosecutor asked for acquittal on stalking and threats, finding credible Varriale’s account of a disputed phone call.
- According to the accusation, the woman was shoved and slapped on December 8, 2021, and later obtained a hospital report.
- Varriale was convicted in June in a separate case and received a 10‑month first‑instance sentence for assaulting and persecuting another ex-partner in 2021.
- Rai dismissed Varriale in October for just cause, with reporting attributing the decision to gravely improper conduct in breach of his contract rather than to the criminal proceedings.