A legal battle is underway over videos of intimate moments between Stefano De Martino and his partner Caroline Tronelli, which were illegally captured by the video surveillance system at his Roman home and released online, on websites and in messaging apps.
The showman filed a complaint through his lawyers Angelo and Sergio Pisani with the Porto Cervo State Police and the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office.
The video—which has reportedly already been removed from some links following legal action— was apparently acquired by one or more hackers who breached the internal video surveillance system of the TV host's Rome home. The two lawyers are asking investigators to investigate the video's dissemination, alleging the crime of "illegal dissemination of sexually explicit images or videos." Any compensation, the TV host and his lawyers state, will be donated to charities supporting children and initiatives against cyberbullying.
The publication of the content was also accompanied by seriously offensive comments directed at the TV host and his family. The lawyers have provided investigators with screenshots that could be useful in identifying those responsible for the insults, who are in turn being prosecuted, as well as the users who retained or shared the images.
"The Authority," a statement reads, " has ordered the immediate, permanent restriction of the relevant processing, against anyone who disclosed the aforementioned videos. The Authority has also issued a warning regarding the presumably unlawful nature of any further dissemination of the videos." The Authority for the Protection of Personal Data—recalling that "the disclosure of content concerning the personal and intimate sphere, even of well-known individuals, is likely to cause serious and irreparable harm to the individuals involved" —announces that it has initiated an investigation into the case , at the conclusion of which "it reserves all appropriate measures, both disciplinary and corrective, against those found responsible for the violations identified."
