Bruti Liberati 'took action' against rival after complaints

(ANSA) - Milan, October 3 - Milan chief prosecutor Edmondo Bruti Liberati said Friday that he stripped rival Alfredo Robledo of his brief for corruption cases after disputes between the pair reached the level of official complaints.
    "I am the chief prosecutor and having regard to the disputes that were there, I decided to take this action to resolve the situation," Liberati said.
    The long-running and angry clash within the Milan prosecutors' office reached new heights with Liberati's decision to shift Robledo to the office in charge of criminal probes.
    Liberati added that his actions were an attempt to resolve "problems in the general management of the office" of anti-corruption cases under Robledo's leadership.
    The pair have been at odds for months after Robledo filed a formal complaint to Italian judiciary's self-governing body, the CSM, against Bruti Liberati over several high-profile cases.
    These include the case against Silvio Berlusconi for allegedly paying for sex with an underage prostitute and abusing his office to cover up the affair - charges that the ex-premier was cleared of after an appeals court overturned a conviction at the first-instance trial.
    Robledo argued that Bruti Liberati's decision to hand the Berlusconi sex case to anti-Mafia prosecutor Ilda Boccassini was illegitimate.
    Bruti Liberati has hit back at Robledo, saying he interfered in a case regarding alleged corruption in Milan Expo 2015 contracts and put the investigation in peril.
    Supreme court prosecutors are looking into the clash between the two. On Friday sources close to Robledo said he was "serene" and would respond to the transfer by reporting to the CSM.