Match of the heart, Pecchini sues Aurora Leone

Gian Luca Pecchini, former dg of the National Singers, lawsuit Aurora Leone, member of The Jackal who had denounced an episode of sexism before the Partita del Cuore, played in Turin last week. Pecchini, overwhelmed by the storm, left his post. Now, move on to the counterattack. ” In light of the multiple and continuous media attacks, as already anticipated in an interview, I decided to contact the lawyer Gabriele Bordoni’s office to file a complaint against Aurora Leone and those who have harmed my reputation with her, so as to protect my rights, my image and, above all, my dignity as a man and as a professional ”, says the former CEO. Read also ” The initiative taken with a complaint for aggravated defamation at the Turin Public Prosecutor’s Office was necessary to restore the truth of the facts – explains the lawyer Gabriele Bordoni, criminal lawyer to whom Pecchini turned following what happened – the direct and personal use of mass communication systems allows ample freedom of expression to anyone and is a value to be safeguarded which must however be kept distinct from their exploitation; criticism and opinions are sacrosanct, but the spreading of unfounded, confused and harmful news is not at all, such as to trigger in a few hours the demolition of a person’s reputation, difficult to recover later ”. ” We think in these days – Pecchini’s lawyer continues – to introduce a law against discrimination for reasons based on sex or gender, but also rethinks to reactivate forms of censorship to combat disinformation, especially through the network. They are symptoms of a cultural and social malaise, potentially inducing dangerous drifts that in the story of Pecchini find an opportunity to be considered and discussed. But, in the meantime, the dignity of a man, his family and his work must be protected in the competent forum, protecting him from moral lynching and superficial, hasty and ferocious media condemnations, disengaged from the real dimension of the facts. So much is imposed in a rule of law ”, he concludes.