Monte Carlo house trial: prosecutor requests prescription for Gianfranco Fini

The prosecutor of the Court of Appeal of Rome asked to declare that no proceedings should be taken due to the statute of limitations having expired against the former president of the Chamber Gianfranco Fini, his partner Elisabetta Tulliani, his brother Giancarlo Tulliani and his father Sergio Tulliani accused of money laundering in the trial on the sale of the Monte Carlo apartment.

At first instance, in April 2024, Fini was sentenced to 2 years and 8 months, his partner Elisabetta Tulliani and his father Sergio to 5 years, his brother Giancarlo to 6 years. For the general prosecutor Roberto Felici "the first degree sentence is acceptable while I do not agree with the complaints proposed with the appeals proposed by the defendants' defenders. The statute of limitations for the contested crimes must be taken into account". For their part, Fini's defenders, the lawyers Francesco Caroleo Grimaldi and Michele Sarno, asked as a priority for acquittal "because the fact does not exist" and as a alternative to declare the statute of limitations. The ruling is expected in February.