A Milan courtroom has ordered a journalist to pay Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni damages of 5,000 euros ($5,465) for making enjoyable of her in a social media publish, information company ANSA and different native media reported on Thursday.
The journalist, Giulia Cortese, was additionally given a suspended superb of 1,200 euros for a jibe on X in October 2021 about Meloni’s peak that was outlined as “bodyshaming”.
Meloni took authorized motion towards Cortese after the 2 ladies clashed on social media.
Meloni, whose far-right Brothers of Italy get together was in opposition on the time, took exception when Cortese printed a mocked-up picture of her with an image of the late fascist chief Benito Mussolini within the background.
Cortese responded with additional tweets together with one which interprets as “You don’t scare me, Giorgia Meloni. In spite of everything, you’re just one.2 metres (4 toes) tall. I can’t even see you.”
Meloni’s peak is given as between 1.58 m and 1.63 m on varied media web sites.
Cortese can enchantment towards the sentence, and Meloni’s lawyer stated the prime minister would donate to charity any damages she finally receives.
A excessive variety of lawsuits introduced towards journalists have been cited this 12 months by Reporters with out Borders, which relegated Italy 5 locations to forty sixth in its 2024 World Press Freedom Index.
Meloni is just not new to taking journalists to courtroom. In 2023, a Rome courtroom fined best-selling writer Roberto Saviano 1,000 euros plus authorized bills after he insulted her on tv in 2021 over her hardline stance on unlawful immigration.
Journalists at Italian state broadcaster RAI went on strike in Could in protest towards the suffocating management over their work by Meloni’s authorities.
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