The pre-trial hearing against Valeria Satta (41 years old, from Capoterra) and Manuela Passero (34 years old, from Barnareggio, province of Monza Brianza) opened yesterday morning before the judge of the Court of Cagliari, Simone Nespoli. accused of having defrauded the professional volleyball player Roberto Cazzaniga for years, defrauding him of over half a million euros.
The prosecutor's accusations
In seven and a half years, according to prosecutor Daniele Caria, the athlete would have paid 523,361 euros (in the period between 7 December 2008 and 12 April 2016) to the elusive Maya Mancini, convinced that she was a Brazilian model. According to the prosecution, through deception and the complicity of what he believed to be a friend (Passero), the spiker who in the past also played for the national team would have undertaken a long-distance relationship (without ever seeing her in person) with a woman: he was convinced it was the supermodel and former Victoria's Secret angel Alessandra Ambrosio (who in the bluff called herself Maya for confidentiality reasons), but in reality behind that voice and that keyboard the Capoterrese Valeria Satta would have been hidden. A trick that also cost the two defendants the challenge of competing to replace a person.
The test
Before yesterday morning's hearing, Valeria Satta (defended by lawyers Elisabetta Mura and Romina Usai) formalized the request for probation. This is an alternative legal institution which, if accepted by the judge (following compensation for damages), allows the accused to carry out socially useful work for free, obtaining in exchange the avoidance of conviction and, ultimately, extinction of the crime. For the moment, however, it is only a request, given that yesterday the pre-trial hearing was postponed because judge Simone Nespoli was unable to view the public prosecutor's file, as required by the new Cartabia reform. Manuela Passero is defended by the lawyer Greta Maria Marchesi of the Monza bar.
