Some 12 people were cited Thursday
for aiming slurs and abuse on the Internet against Italian
synchronised swimming champion Linda Cerruti.
The twelve have been cited for defamation via the Internet for
"blatantly defamatory and sexist" posts on a photo Cerruti
posted on social media showing her in a swimming costume, in a
classic splayed-leg synchro pose, wearing the eight medals she
won at last year's European championships.
Cerruti, 29, from Savona near Genoa, is one of Italy's most
successful synchronised swimmers.
She won six silvers and two bronzes at the 2022 European
championships in London.
Cerruti reported the allegedly offensive comments to the police
in her native Savona.
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