"Francesco, I spoke to our daughter twice this evening, and she told me she's been home alone for over two hours because you're out for dinner. Are you crazy, leaving a six-year-old girl alone at home?"

This is the message from Ilary Blasi that was reportedly sent to her ex-husband Francesco Totti at 11.19pm on 26 May 2023 , now attached to the documentation in the proceedings in which the former Roma footballer, Francesco Totti, is being investigated for charges of child abandonment.

"This message shows that Ilary Blasi tried every means to find out how her daughter was doing and ultimately called the police for it," said Fabio Lattanzi, lawyer for Totti's ex-wife. Meanwhile, the Rome investigating judge has reserved his decision on the prosecutor's request to dismiss the case.

The former footballer's current partner, Noemi Bocchi, is also registered in the proceedings for the same offense. The case was opened following a complaint filed by Blasi. The request for dismissal reveals that Bocchi is also registered: her two minor children were also present at the home that evening. Prosecutors have also investigated the babysitter, who is accused of falsely claiming to have been present at the home to provide an alibi for the couple.

According to the TV host's complaint, the youngest daughter was supposed to spend the evening with her father, who, however, left the house. In their request for the case to be dismissed, the Piazzale Clodio magistrates state that there was never any real danger to the minors. The youngest daughter had a phone with which she could call her mother, was with older children, and the babysitter—though not present—was "presumably" available to come up immediately because she lives in the same building.

For Totti's defense attorney, Gianluca Tognozzi, "the prosecutor's request to dismiss the case is precisely justified with respect to the facts established. However, it seems to me that the whole thing is instrumental to the civil litigation." He is referring to the divorce proceedings, which are expected to conclude on March 21st. For their part, Blasi's lawyers contest the prosecutors' request, which they believe "is unacceptable in law or fact."

The TV host's lawyers say this is a particularly serious incident. They believe the children were left alone for hours that evening in a large house, with free access to the terraces and kitchen.

(Unioneonline)

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