The last act of the first grade process against Ciro Grillo comes to conclusion. The Court of Tempio Pausania condemns Ciro Grillo, Vittorio Lauria and Edoardo Capitta at eight years, Francesco Corsiglia at 6 years and 6 months
Guilty. The sentence in process first degree who saw accused Ciro Grilloson of Beppe Grillo Founder of the 5 Star Movement, together with three of his Genoese friends, comes to a conclusion today. All the defendants were considered guilty of group rape To the detriment of a girl known in Sardinia, this is the verdict of the hearing held today at the Court of Tempio Pausania, after a postponement due to a serious family mourning that affected the president of the Board. Ciro Grillo, Vittorio Lauria and Edoardo Capitta were sentenced to eight years, while Francesco Corsiglia for six years and 6 months.
The facts
The story dates back to the night between 16 and 17 July 2019, when a 19-year-old Italian-Norwegian student he denounced that he was a victim of sexual violence group by Ciro Grillo and his three friends, Francesco Corsiglia, Edoardo Capitta and Vittorio Lauria, in Villa of the Grillo family in Porto Cervoin Costa Smeralda.
According to the reconstruction of the accusation, the evening began at Billionaire of Porto Cervo, where the six young people, the four defendants and the two girls, had spent the first part of the night consuming alcohol. Subsequently, the group had moved to the private villa of Grillo, where violence was consumed.
The complaint was filed a few days after the events to the Carabinieri of Milanafter the young woman had returned home and discussed the incident with her mother. In addition to the alleged main violence, the defendants were also accused of taking photos with a sexual background without consent to the detriment of the victim’s friend as he slept.
The positions of accusation and defense
The Prosecutor of Tempio Pausania Gregorio Capasso He requested the sentence of all four defendants to nine years of imprisonment with generic attenuations. In its requirements, The magistrate stressed that the two girls were in a condition of “psychophysical inferiority” Due to the excessive consumption of alcohol, making it impossible for a valid consensus.
Capasso highlighted what he defines as “the real reading key” of the process: the unreliability of the defendants, who would “adapt their version depending on the investigation”while the alleged victim “has always repeated the same things” keeping consistency in his statements.
Grillo’s defense has always supported the innocence of the four young people, stating that sexual relations have been consensual and contesting the reliability of the alleged victim. Lawyers attempted to dismantle the hourly reconstruction of the events and questioned the credibility of the girl’s story.
Francesco Corsiglia, the only one of the defendants to admit a sexual relationship with the alleged victim, has always claimed that he was consenting, denying any form of collective abuse. The defenses requested the acquittal full of all the defendants.
The postponement
The hearing, which began in March 2022, lasted for over three years, developing mainly behind closed doors. A particular moment of the procedure was The postponement of the decisive hearing of 3 September 2025 due to the tragic death of the son of the president of the college Marco Contu.
The sentence
The verdict of the Court of Tempio Pausania comes after six years from the disputed facts and represents the conclusion of the hearing of first degree. The decision of the college judgmental, composed of the magistrates Marco Contu (President), Alessandro Cossu And Marcella Pinnacame after hours of final consultations in the council chamber.
The four defendants are absent from the sentence, including Ciro Grillo and the victim of rape. Although only of first instance, the sentence will constitute an important precedent for the legal evaluation of similar cases, in particular as regards the definition of consent in the presence of alteration due to alcohol.
