Varriale, off to trial for stalking: Paola Ferrari among witnesses

The trial of the television journalist Enrico Varriale accused of stalking his ex-partner opened this morning. The prosecutor had requested and obtained an immediate trial for the former deputy director of Raisport. On 30 September Varriale was heard in piazzale Clodio during the interrogation in front of the investigating judge Monica Ciancio who had ordered the “prohibition of approaching less than 300 meters from the places frequented by the offended person” and “not to communicate with her even through intermediaries person “.” The conduct put in place by the Varriale gives account of an aggressive and prevaricating personality, evidently incapable of self-control “, wrote the judge. It will take place behind closed doors. In admitting the witness lists, however, he excluded, as requested by the lawyer Teresa Manente, a technical consultant employed by the defense of Varriale to ascertain the state of anxiety and fear. The judge gave reasons. the decision explaining that the persecutory acts should not be ascertained through a consultant. Among the admitted witnesses, present in the journalist’s list, there is also his colleague Paola Ferrari who will be able to testify limited to the facts involved in the proceedings.