An Italian police officer
allegedly used the website Couchsurfing to find women
houseguests whom he subsequently drugged and raped, according to
a story in Friday's L'Espresso weekly newsmagazine.
The 35-year-old officer, Dino Maglio, was put under house
arrest a year ago following a report by a 16-year-old Australian
girl who claimed she had been raped by Maglio after drinking
wine that he offered her during her stay at his home while
travelling with her mother and sister.
Investigators said Maglio continued his alleged abuse
despite being under house arrest, and after subsequent accusers
came forward, he was put in jail.
The Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI) said
fourteen other women claiming to be victims of Maglio have since
come forward to tell their stories, and six of them have filed
formal complaints with the Padua prosecutor's office.
The women claimed that after drinking some of the "special
wine" that Maglio offered them, they were sexually abused.
Maglio initially said the sex was consensual, but during a
search of his home investigators found 40 tablets of a strong
sedative drug, which they say Maglio later admitted he used on
the 16-year-old Australian girl.
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