A row has erupted in Italy over the
journalist partner of Premier Giorgia Meloni apparently telling
young women they could avoid rape by not getting drunk.
"If you go dancing you are fully entitled to get drunk...but if
you avoid getting drunk and losing consciousness, perhaps you'd
also avoid getting into trouble because you'll find the wolf (if
you get drunk)," Andrea Giambruno, journalist on the
right-leaning Berlusconi channel Rete 4, said on a show Monday
night.
Speaking of recent high-profile alleged gang rape cases near
Naples and in Palermo, Giambruno, who has a seven-year-old
daughter with Meloni, agreed with rightwing Libero newspaper
editor Pietro Senaldi who said that "if you want to avoid rape,
above all don't lose consciousness, keep your wits about you."
Both men voiced extreme condemnation of the rapists they called
"wolves".
Giambruno's comments caused a storm on social media with posters
accusing him of blaming the victim.
The centre-left opposition Democratic Party (PD) called on
Meloni to distance herself from her partner's comments.
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