Stand-up comic and co-founder of the
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) Beppe Grillo was
acquitted Friday of assaulting a TV journalist at a Tuscan
seaside resort in the summer of 2020.
A Livorno court found Grillo, 75, not guilty of private violence
and personal injury against journalist Francesco Selvi after
the comedian snatched his mobile phone from his hand during an
interview attempt and pushed him, causing a distortion to his
knee.
In the incident, on the beach at Marina di Bibbon, Selvi was
trying to get an interview for the Berlusconi channel show
Diritto e Rovescio.
The court said the facts of the case were clear but the alleged
assault was too "tenuous" to be criminally liable.
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