Lavitola claims to have acted to protect Ranucci from an attack

"There was a great friendship with Ranucci and I hoped that this relationship could also rehabilitate my figure with a social redemption for me." This is essentially what Valter Lavitola stated during spontaneous declarations before the judges of the review based on what his lawyers, Sergio and Arturo Cola, reported. The Review reserved the right to decide on the request for house arrest that the lawyers identified in a house in Basilicata available to the suspect.

"I did all this - Lavitola also reported - to protect Ranucci from an attack I had news of. There was such a need to protect him that for two months after the October events I called Ranucci to ask that his escort be strengthened". According to what the lawyers report, "the political motive that the Rome Prosecutor's Office hypothesizes is non-existent. Based on what Lavitola reiterated today, Ranucci never intended to run and enter politics.

Indeed, Ranucci often complained that Lavitola brought up the topic."