A day of celebration that instead turned into a legal matter overshadowed by cross-accusations of sexual harassment and beatings.

The story, reported by the local Salento press, begins last May in a restaurant in the province of Lecce, during a wedding reception.

Here the groomsman - a 26-year-old - allegedly groped the bride's breast several times while both were near the bar counter, remedying a complaint for this. And now the young man will be tried with an abbreviated rite for sexual violence, during a trial, where witnesses will be heard and the videos of the party analyzed.

The 26-year-old, however, counter-denounced the groom for injuries, which during the same reception allegedly attacked him, supported by his father and brother. A maxi-brawl was then born (shot with a smartphone and then spread on the web, with the video that had gone viral) with the involvement of other people, including the brother of the same witness, who would have been hit with a bottle .

The hearing was set by the judge Michele Toriello next 10 December.

The bride who filed the complaint filed a civil action. For its part, the 26-year-old that the woman accuses has always proclaimed himself innocent.

(Unioneonline / lf)

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