“They are simply false.”

In an interview with Corriere della Sera, Gerry Scotti dismisses Fabrizio Corona's claims that the Wheel of Fortune host was involved in an alleged "Signorini system" years ago and that "he passed all the Letterine" —namely, the showgirls who participated in the Passaparola series, which aired between 1999 and 2008 on Canale 5.

"They're overestimating me by claiming to have relationships with more than thirty girls who, at some point in their professional lives, served as "letter girls," Scotti told Corriere. " It would be enough to interview the women directly involved, ask them, and I'm sure they would unanimously agree that the allegations that have been circulating are false. The bitterness I feel isn't just for me; no one thought about the girls."

"In this media meat grinder," she continues, "no one has considered that these girls aren't puppets, rag dolls. They are women who deserve respect, now as then and in the future. It's not right to brand their professional experience with the term 'letterina', as if it were a stigma. They don't deserve it. Today, they have their professions, their families, their children, perhaps even teenagers, who have to listen to embarrassing lies. Without respect, without a shred of sensitivity."

"I'm fairly familiar with social media, and over the years I've seen firsthand that good news or truths are met with a lukewarm reception," he concludes. " Sometimes they go unnoticed, while fake news has a much more significant impact. Lies told for profit have even more impact. Furthermore, they generate an unacceptable form of hatred and malice."

(Unioneonline/D)

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