"I am saddened by what happened, I apologize to the girl and her family. I went back with the 17-year-old boy to help her. But I was told that the girl had consented." In tears, Christian Maronia, one of the seven young people under investigation, in front of the investigating judge of Palermo Mark Gaeta.
“I ruined my life. I was told that the young woman was in agreement,” Maronia added. “I also have a girlfriend and I would never have done something like that. I didn’t know the girl, I had never seen her before.” During the interrogation, it emerged that Angelo Flores had shown a video: “You could see that she would have been willing to do this experience,” he added. “Flores organized everything.” In the last few hours, a profile on Cristian Maronia has been opened on Tik Tok, where six videos have been published: “When all of Italy blames you for something private, but no one knows that you were dragged along by your friends.”
And again, “I wasn’t myself when it happened,” are some of the phrases published in the videos that appeared on social media. The videos had already been packaged by the nineteen-year-old who imitates neomelodic singers in their postures and are filmed at home, at the barber’s or in a disco. In one published with the hashtag #freechristian, the sharer wrote: “How dare people insult innocent people.”
Article published on 22 August 2023 - 14:43
