Sicilian YouTuber arrested for abusing a thirteen year old

Davide Favoloro (Favarigna33), 21 years old, is accused of threatening and harassing a thirteen year old from Rimini and his mother

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The police arrested a famous Youtuber Sicilian accused of sexual violence against a thirteen-year-old from Rimini, but also of abuse and threats against not only the boy but also his mother.

YouTuber arrested for child abuse

As reported by Corriere della Sera the Youtuber who ended up under accusation is Favarigna33pseudonym on the web of Davide Favaloro, a 21-year-old boy with 69 thousand followers, who uploads videos to the well-known platform in which he talks about his days and shows himself playing popular video games. The connection with the thirteen year old from the province of Rimini took place right on the web, it seems to have started from an online game. Favarigna33 is a well-known influencer present on various social platforms who has an important following, overall close to one million followers. The news, also for this reason, immediately spread, shaking the world of social media and influencers.

online bait and violence in Rimini

The investigation started from the Rimini Flying Squad of the State Police, coordinated by the deputy prosecutor Davide Ercolani. The officers notified the precautionary custody order for Favarigna who is resident in Sicily. The boy is accused of having lured the thirteen-year-old online and then manipulating him into performing sexual acts, threatening him with death and also threatening his mother. According to investigationsthe YouTuber would have won the boy’s trust with the characters of the video game and would then begin to pressure him with continuous requests. He would also have gone to Rimini and allegedly extorted sexual services from the thirteen-year-old in a hotel in the city. The minor’s mother became aware of the whole issue by reading some harassing messages on her son’s cell phone. At that point she allegedly had a confrontation with the 21-year-old and then filed a complaint with the police.

in prison in Trapani

Police officers carried out a search of the Youtuber’s home, seizing various devices and digital media, including his phone. AtAdnkronos the lawyer Gaetano Vivona who follows Favarigna, declared that the boy was accompanied to the Trapani prison where he was subjected to the guarantee interrogation.



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