Case Morisi, the spin doctor of the Lega defends himself: "That bottle wasn't mine"

"That bottle wasn't mine."

Luca Morisi, the Lega guru who resigned from his role as social media manager of the "Beast", the monumental social system of the Carroccio, thus defends himself in the Veronese investigation that sees him under investigation for allegedly selling drugs . That bottle that perhaps contained Ghb, the so-called “rape drug”, was not his, his lawyers say, and therefore “he cannot have sold it to third parties.” A version that, if confirmed, would bring down the accusatory system.

THE INQUIRY - The outlines are still to be defined, but here is what has emerged so far. The investigation began a month and a half ago after the arrest of two Romanian twenty-year-olds at a police checkpoint. The two, after having been to Morisi's home in Belfiore, in the Veronese area, would have gone away by car taking a provincial road.

A random routine check, but the military soon realized that the two were particularly nervous. And in fact, in the glove compartment of their car, they carried the bottle containing a liquid, presumably Ghb. “Morisi gave it to us”, the two argue. Then the soldiers reached Morisi's home in the Belfiore farmhouse, where a 50-year-old Italian was also, and during the search in the house they found two grams of cocaine, a quantity compatible with personal use and whose possession is punished. as an administrative and not a criminal offense. Morisi, however, is currently registered in the register of suspects for alleged transfer of narcotic substances, "on the nature of which the outcome of the analyzes is still awaited", explains the Prosecutor's Office. And the results on the chemical could only come in several weeks.

THE HOUSE - While the drug issue could close quickly, it does not escape that Morisi had bought the apartment from Socec, a real estate company of the builder Andrea Lieto, who in a journalistic investigation by Report had been compared to the so-called funds story Russians, for frequent contacts with Moscow businessmen. One of these, owner of a company based in the same Palazzo Moneta in Belfiore, would appear to reside in a house of the "barchessa" next to that of Morisi. Salvini's former spin doctor - confirms the mayor of the Veronese municipality - "is regularly resident in the municipality of Belfiore, certainly since before 2016".

SALVINI UNDER ATTACK - In short, the whole affair is a minefield for Matteo Salvini, who tries to play the humanity card to defend one of the main responsible for the success of the League: "I'm sorry about the media crap that condemns people before it is a court to do so, "he says. And again: "I do not know the story, they are personal events". But that's not enough, for him these are hours of real social agony. The memory of the famous intercom to the home of a Tunisian family in Bologna is too close , even if the leader of the League says he has not regretted: "There were drug dealers who were arrested. We do not go by chance."

Ilaria Cucchi, Stefano's sister, the surveyor arrested for drugs and died in prison after a brutal beating, also intervenes on the case: "Now I know that all Matteo Salvini's very hard stances against Stefano Cucchi and my family have a face: Luca Morisi, under investigation by the Verona Public Prosecutor's Office for possession and sale of drugs ".

(Unioneonline / D)