(ANSA) - Rome, April 19 - Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi is likely to sue Lorenzo Bagnacani, the former head of the city's troubled trash-management company AMA, after he filed a complaint against her, the first citizen's lawyer said Friday. "We are waiting to read the complaint filed by former AMA head Bagnacani to assess whether there is a crime, such as calumny or defamation, for example," said lawyer Emiliano Fasulo. Bagnacani said he was sacked after he refused to do the mayor's bidding following "undue pressure", according to a report by L'Espresso weekly.
In wiretaps published by magazine, Raggi allegedly leans on Bagnacani to push the firm's accounts into the red. Raggi, a member of the anti-corruption 5-Star Movement (M5S), is not under investigation and has said the furore caused by the publication of the wiretap is much ado about nothing.
Rome Mayor Raggi likely to sue former trash company head
Bagnacani said he came under 'undue pressure' from first citizen