Deposed M5S Genoa winner appeals to cour

(ANSA) - Genoa, March 28 - The winner of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) online poll to be Genoa mayoral candidate, Marika Cassimatis, on Tuesday appealed to a civil court in the northwestern Italian city - and not the Regional Administrative Court (TAR) of Liguria as she had mistakenly told a press conference earlier - against M5S leader Beppe Grillo's decision to replace her with the second-placed candidate who was more to his liking.
    The civil suit asks the civil court for her and her list to be reinstated.
    Cassimatis has already filed a defamation suit against Grillo and M5S bigwig Alessandro Di Battista, and now says she has also filed another suit because of physical threats she received the day after she won the poll.
    Grillo announced that he was dropping Cassimatis on March 17.
    On his blog, Grillo said the movement had "no space for those who are only looking for a post". He also said that many people on Cassimatis' electoral list had "repeatedly and continually damaged the image of the Movement".
    Grillo then approved Luca Pirondini, who placed second in the poll that Cassimatis won.