Court drops case against Berlusconi over pulled RAI show
Probe concerned 2009 decision to stop Annozero
31 January, 15:50
(ANSA) - Rome, January 31 - A preliminary hearings judge on
Thursday ruled that a case against ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi
regarding alleged interference at state broadcaster RAI must be
dropped.Berlusconi was alleged to have applied pressure to have a hostile talk show on RAI, Annozero, pulled before regional elections of March 2009. Berlusconi was premier at the time.
The judge ordered that the case against former RAI director-general Mauro Masi and the former head of Italy's communications authority, Giancarlo Innocenzi, be dropped too.
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