Rome Public Prosecutor's Office

Sangiuliano case, Maria Rosaria Boccia investigated. Phone, pc and spy glasses confiscated

A number of offences are alleged in the former minister's complaint, including invasion of privacy, injury, private violence and the theft of the gold wedding ring

by Redaction Rome

19 September 2024Ultimo aggiornamento il 22 settembre 2024 alle ore 12:00

MARIA ROSARIA BOCCIA PRESIDENTE ASSOCIAZIONE FASHION WEEK MILANO MODA, GENNARO SANGIULIANO MINISTRO CULTURA

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The Rome Public Prosecutor's Office ordered a house search, the seizure of her mobile phone, and the acquisition of computer material against Maria Rosaria Boccia after a complaint by former Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano. Boccia was entered in the register of suspects. The businesswoman's reaction was not long in coming: a few hours after the search, Boccia posted on her Instagram profile an advertising photo of two mobile phones and the words 'operational'. In other messages posted on social media, Boccia thanked the 'many messages of affection and solidarity' and chose Fiorella Mannoia's 'Io non ho paura' as background music.

Carabinieri search

The Rome Public Prosecutor's Office has delegated the carabinieri of the investigative nucleus to search the home in Pompeii of businesswoman and influencer Maria Rosaria Boccia, who is under investigation by the Roman prosecutors after a complaint lodged by former Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano. In the complaint, which is being examined by deputy prosecutor Giulia Guccione, several offences are alleged, including violation of privacy, injuries, private violence and the theft of the former Minister of Culture's gold wedding ring. The search was carried out in the late afternoon of Saturday 21 September. The investigators, on behalf of the prosecutors of Piazzale Clodio, acquired computer material as well as Boccia's mobile phone.

The 'spy' glasses were also seized

In a drawer inside the flat, smart glasses were also found, which the influencer, by her own admission, used to make videos inside the Chamber of Deputies. An 'activity' that cost her a sort of Daspo from the palaces of Roman politics. The Capitoline magistrates will now have to analyse the material available and what is on the mobile phone used by Boccia and on the personal computer. In the complaint sent in recent days by Sangiuliano's lawyer, Silverio Sica, a series of elements are made available to the investigators: a detailed chronological reconstruction from when Sangiuliano came into contact with Boccia to the end of their relationship.

The former minister's head wound

Also on file is the incident of the head wound, which would trigger the charge of injury, that the businesswoman allegedly caused to Sangiuliano on the night of 16-17 July at the height of an argument. According to an explanation from the former minister's entourage, the complaint did not include the chats that appeared on Friday in the newspaper La Verità, but rather the many posts published in recent weeks by the minister's former collaborator were provided to the investigators. The chats tell of the stormy end of the relationship between the two.

Messages between Boccia and Sangiuliano

'I have done things I would never have done', reads one of Sangiuliano's messages addressed to Boccia, who replies: 'You are right'. Then a reference to what happened in July: 'Scarred [...] If it hadn't been you, I would have beaten you very hard'. And she: 'You literally sent me out of my mind [...] you brought me to an embarrassing point [...] you made me become a hyena'. Boccia allegedly asked the former minister to check her mobile phone, on pain of being inoculated with a trojan if she refused. The businesswoman also allegedly offered Sangiuliano to sign a confidentiality pact according to which he would no longer seek her out and she would never reveal their alleged love affair. This request, however, was firmly opposed by the former boss of Via del Collegio Romano.

The alleged pregnancy

An alleged pregnancy would also emerge from the conversations. On 2 August, Sangiuliano types: 'I've gone so far as not to have a problem if you were pregnant with me, in fact I would have been overjoyed'. While a week later she says: 'You will be free to live this experience as you wish in respect of your child'.

Sangiuliano's denunciation

Over the past few days, the complaint by the former Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, against the businesswoman Maria Rosaria Boccia, has arrived on the desk of the magistrates of the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office. The former head of the ministry, as announced several times by his lawyer, has gone on the counter-attack in the case that broke out at the end of August and led to his resignation. Investigators, coordinated by prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi, have opened a file and entered the Pompeii influencer in the register of suspects.

"Illicit pressure"

In recent weeks, Silverio Sica, Sangiuliano's lawyer, had claimed that his client had been subjected to "illicit pressure" from the woman, suggesting that the complaint could be construed as attempted extortion. "We will also attach to the complaint a series of documents that demonstrate the absolute correctness of my client's conduct, also providing a chronological reconstruction of the facts," said the criminal lawyer, who has maintained the utmost confidentiality in recent days.

Two parallel processes

The proceeding will run parallel with the one that has been before the ministerial court for days and in which Sangiuliano is being investigated for embezzlement for the trips on which Boccia was with the now former minister, and disclosure and use of office secrets with regard to the e-mails on the organisation of the G7 in Pompeii. Not only the criminal justice system but also the administrative justice system has launched an investigation into the political case at the end of the summer. The Lazio Court of Auditors has opened a file for possible financial damage.

The Court of Auditors

The accounting magistrates want to get to the bottom of the Ministry of Culture's spending and, in particular, the use of blue cars and the minister's guests in the company of the businesswoman with whom, by his own admission, he was romantically linked. For his part, Boccia returns to writing on social media, stating that he 'greatly appreciates the satire and irony that is being used' against him, 'however' he stigmatises that he 'has not yet read any article that has dwelt on the truth that I am trying to communicate and that no one seems to be listening to'. The businesswoman also claims to have appreciated the letter that Marina Berlusconi wrote 'to Repubblica in response to the articles on the meeting with President Mario Draghi' and in particular 'subscribes' to the passage on fake news.

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