Vannacci, no offense to Paola Egonu: the defamation lawsuit dismissed.

Filed for the general Roberto Vannacci the accusation of defamation towards the volleyball player paola egono. This is the investigating judge's decision Alessandro Dal Torrione which accepted the request of Lucca Prosecutor's Office.

It was the champion who sued the general, newly elected to the European Parliament, after her book "The world upside down" had written: “Even if Paola Egonu has Italian citizenship, it is clear that her somatic features do not represent Italianness…”.

Phrase for the investigating judge “can be assessed as improper and inopportune” also “regarding the reference (which appears unjustified) to a specific person who legitimately complained about being called into question”. But "However, there is no evidence of an exceeding of the limit of continence which could be said to be indicative of a desire on the part of the suspect to gratuitously offend the reputation" di Egonu, “to denigrate it, to diminish its value, to make an undue attack on the person”.

Further investigations, as requested by the champion's lawyer, writes the investigating judge "they do not appear to be feasible with concrete profit and usefulness such as to be able to lead to a different evaluation regarding the sustainability of the accusation in court".

«It is the victory of freedom of opinion – comments the lawyer Massimiliano Manzo, defender of Vannacci -. We are happy with the outcome of the proceedings and with having found a judge who listened to our reasons".

«Unexpectedly archived, we will evaluate other actions. Unacceptable decision". These are the words of Paola Egonu's lawyer, Simone Facchinetti, faced with the decision of the investigating judge of Lucca to shelve the defamation charge against Roberto Vannacci.