Ilaria Cucchi, whose brother
Stefano was picked up on a minor drugs charge in October 2009
and died after a police beating in hospital a week later, on
Friday filed a formal complaint against far-right League party
leader and former interior minister Matteo Salvini for
defamation.
After the sentencing of two Carabinieri to 12 years in jail
for involuntary homicide on November 14 for punching and kicking
Cucchi to death, Salvini said, among other things, "This shows
that drugs are always bad for you".
"It seems obvious to me that Stefano didn't die of drugs,"
Ilaria Cucchi said in an interview on Radio 2.
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