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Rome Prosecutors Investigate Ex-Schoolmate in Orlandi Case for Alleged False Statements

Prosecutors say contradictions in the ex-schoolmate’s accounts warrant a fresh review of the earliest witness evidence.

Overview

  • Laura Casagrande was formally entered in the register of suspects and questioned at Piazzale Clodio with her lawyer present.
  • The allegation is false information to public prosecutor Stefano Luciani, based on discrepancies between her 1983 statements, later interviews, and 2024 parliamentary testimony.
  • Case files and commission findings indicate she may have been among the last, possibly the last, to see 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi on Corso Rinascimento after music class.
  • The parliamentary commission described her prior audition as very contradictory and is considering recalling her under oath.
  • Investigators are re-examining decades of materials, including a July 8, 1983 call to Casagrande’s home dictating a message to ANSA about Ali Agca and Orlandi’s custody, as the family’s lawyer expresses confidence in the prosecutors’ work.