For ten years they dueled in courtrooms over stolen photos (taken with powerful telephoto lenses) at Villa Certosa.
Silvio Berlusconi and the photojournalist Antonello Zappadu were the protagonists of a very long judicial dispute: kidnappings, complaints, trials and reports blocked by the Privacy Guarantor.
The story of the shots of Villa Certosa was told, on April 18, 2018, by Berlusconi in a courtroom of the Temple Court, where Zappadu was on trial for violation of privacy.
Yesterday Zappadu published a post on his Instagram profile, the content is very concise: "We weren't enemies, rest in peace".
On April 18, 2018, Berlusconi, who never brought Zappadu before the civil judge, shook hands with the photojournalist from Olbia and said: "You are crazy".
All charges against Zappadu were dropped by statute of limitations in July 2019.
The photographer has repeatedly said: "Berlusconi saved me, his government made the statute of limitations laws."