Overview
- - The court’s psychological review, which took place Friday at the Vasto group home, lasted about three hours with testing by Valentina Garrapetta and a separate observation visit by court expert Simona Ceccoli.
- - A nine-page report filed by the parents’ consultants says the move to the group home caused abrupt changes in the children’s routines, including a shift from a tailored plant-based diet to standardized meals with refined sugar and new sleep problems.
- - The same report describes the children seeking familiar foods in a marked or even compulsive way during emotionally charged moments such as after video calls with their mother.
- - After Friday’s session, the parents’ psychiatrist, Tonino Cantelmi, criticized the quality of the test battery and rejected claims that Catherine uses her children for commercial ends, calling those accusations an insult.
- - The children’s court-appointed guardian condemned the mother’s planned book release as harmful media exposure for the minors, and a separate appeals hearing is scheduled to consider the parents’ bid for reunification.