No new music from placebo, but a fresh lawsuit for Brian Molko: Giorgia Meloni has claimed legal help because she does not want to leave the singer and songwriter’s live insertion. The 52-year-old could now get a high fine-an arrest is rather unlikely.
What happened before
To the background: When Placebo 2023 also played the Italian Turin as part of her tour, Molko did not miss the opportunity to lose some words about the country’s politics on the stage. He called the Prime Minister a “piece of shit”, “fascist”, “Nazi” and “racist”.
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What happens now
Meloni did not like these insults and the Turin public prosecutor’s office had a procedure for disregarding and defamation launched. For Brian Molko, such a lawsuit could probably bring up to 5,000 euros according to the Ministry of Justice. In itself, a deprivation of liberty of up to three years would also be possible, but in this case, according to the judiciary, rather unlikely.
Brian Molko is currently silent about the lawsuit. What the next specific steps will be is unclear.
About Giorgia Meloni
Meloni is the chairman of the “Brothers of Italy”, which has neo -fascist roots, and is at the top of the largest right government in Italy since Benito Mussolini during the Second World War. She won the 2022 elections with her anti -immigration policy and her plans to restrict the rights of LGBTQ.
Meloni also said that she wanted to concentrate on “traditional Christian family values”, prevent abortions, negotiate EU contracts, reduce taxes and make sure that same-sex couples have no right to surrogacy or adoption.
According to the Italian Criminal Code, a fine of between 1,000 and 5,000 euros is punished, who “publicly defamates the republic”, which includes the government, the parliament, the courts and the army. According to Italian law, some defamation cases are punishable and can be punished with a prison sentence.