Professor Stefano Addeo, author of the shocking post against Giorgia Meloni's daughter, has died in Naples.

Stefano Addeo, the 66-year-old professor who was at the center of a bitter media and political storm in June 2025 for a social media post against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's daughter, died at the Ospedale del Mare in Naples.

According to reports, his death was due to cardiac arrest. The man had been hospitalized in the intensive care unit since May 10, when he attempted suicide for the second time by jumping from a window from a height of approximately two meters.

Initially, his condition did not appear particularly serious. After being rescued and taken to the hospital, the teacher was conscious and his life was not in danger. Over the following weeks, however, his condition progressively worsened until he died.

The Carabinieri informed the judicial authorities, while the body was returned to the family.

The post that sparked the national controversy

The incident that made Stefano Addeo's name public dates back to June 2025. The professor, a German language teacher at a high school in the province of Naples, posted a message on social media that would provoke outrage and controversy throughout Italy.

In the post, Addeo wished the prime minister's daughter a fate similar to that of Martina Carbonaro, the fourteen-year-old from Afragola killed by her ex-boyfriend. This content immediately sparked political and institutional backlash, sparking a heated debate about the limits of public discourse and the use of social media.

The incident also had professional repercussions, with the teacher being suspended from teaching.

The public apology and the request to meet Meloni

Overwhelmed by the controversy, Addeo publicly apologized. He called the message an impulsive gesture and a grave mistake.

“It was a stupid gesture, written on impulse,” he declared at the time, adding that one should never wish death on anyone, especially a child.

While confirming his political positions and dissent towards the government, the professor expressed his willingness to personally meet Giorgia Meloni to apologize directly.

The two suicide attempts

The media pressure and the consequences of the affair had a profound effect on the teacher.

A few days after the post was published, Addeo attempted suicide for the first time by ingesting a combination of drugs. Before committing the act, however, he alerted his school principal. The alarm allowed the Carabinieri and emergency medical personnel to intervene quickly, and they managed to save him.

Nearly a year later, on May 10, 2026, came the second attempt. The professor threw himself from a window of his home. Admitted to the Ospedale del Mare, he remained in intensive care until his death in the final hours.

An incident that marked a year of controversy

Stefano Addeo's death brings to a close one of the most controversial cases of recent months, sparked by a social media post that prompted near-unanimous condemnation and had serious consequences on a human, professional, and personal level.

A case that for over a year intertwined news, politics, and public debate, until its epilogue in the Neapolitan hospital where the teacher was admitted after his last desperate act.