Ciro Grillo: 'no concession, rather in prison as an innocent'

I would not condone making any form of plea bargain or any type of concession. I would never forgive myself. I would rather go to prison as an innocent.

It would really be something immoral, towards my dignity, my honor, justice itself. I don't do it, I would never forgive myself." Ciro Grillo, sentenced to eight years in the first instance for a gang rape that occurred in 2019 in Sardinia, said this in an interview with Telenord.

"We are in 2018-2019 and the Five Star Movement had formed the government with the League. Following the Open Arms process, Five Star gave the authorization to proceed, which then caused the collapse of the yellow-green government. In that government there was Giulia Bongiorno as a minister, she was minister of public administration. Following the dissolution of the Government, Giulia Bongiorno took the side of the girl who reported me. From there a notable media siege also began. I think there is a causal link between these conduct of the Five Star Movement and the introduction of Giulia Bongiorno". This was said by Ciro Grillo, sentenced to eight years in the first instance for a gang rape in Sardinia, during an interview with Telenord. "This is the current president of the Justice Commission in the Senate - he added - who has the bill for the crime for which proceedings are being prosecuted. I'm competing against a person who can change the rules of the game while competing, it's not fair. And that's regardless of whether it's legal."