Overview
- During a Porta a Porta segment on the Garlasco murder and Andrea Sempio’s profile, guest Concita Borrelli said there is rape in everyone’s sexual imagination.
- True‑crime author Elisabetta Cametti rejected the remark on air, and Democratic lawmakers on the parliamentary committee that oversees Rai called the comment scandalous and unacceptable.
- Rai said its in‑depth programming chief Paolo Corsini opened internal checks, and the show announced Borrelli will apologize on the next episode on Tuesday, May 19.
- Host Bruno Vespa said he will also apologize, and Borrelli wrote on X that she will say sorry in the proper venues.
- Italy’s Privacy Authority renewed a warning against morbid coverage of the Garlasco case, and civil‑society groups and a Rai board member urged tighter vetting of TV pundits and stronger editorial safeguards.