Lavitola's ex closes all doors: "No house arrest at my place, I'm ready to speak to prosecutors."

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Rome – "Meu amor," the Brazilian beautician, is a price Valter Lavitola hadn't expected to pay so dearly. His romantic relationship with the woman is behind his decision to choose Basilicata as a potential destination for his house arrest.

A forced choice after, on August 26th, the fixer's longtime partner, Natàlia Potenza, metaphorically put his bags outside his front door and outside the Cefalù Bistrot restaurant in Monteverde, where he entertained friends, journalists, politicians, and VIPs with Pygmalion-like manner.

It seems like a strange twist of fate, but instead his longtime partner, after discovering the affair with the Brazilian woman who owns a beauty salon in Rome, through wiretaps and documents from the investigation into the attack on her friend Sigfrido Ranucci, decided to exclude him from her life, putting in writing the "prohibitions" against the fixer and announcing that she was available to investigators to reveal all the details of "Valterino's" life and business.

At this time, investigators have not yet received a request for a hearing from Lavitola's now ex-partner. But given the circumstances, outlined in a report filed at the Gianicolense Carabinieri station, Potenza is ready to talk.

The romantic relationship between Lavitola and his partner ends after the discovery of the betrayal from wiretaps

Obviously without mentioning the woman, the ex-partner states in the statement that "following the end of the romantic relationship," she is withdrawing her willingness to welcome Lavitola into her Roman home. The separation imposed by the woman is not only emotional but also financial, as she also withdrew her willingness to let him work for the Baires company, at the Cefalù restaurant, as part of a possible probationary placement. And, to avoid any doubt, she specifies that her refusal also applies to "any possible future house arrest."

The shares in the company that manages the Roman club are in the name of his ex-partner. A decision Lavitola made in recent years following his legal history.

The defense communicates to the preliminary investigations court a new domicile in Basilicata if it were to obtain house arrest

And so, from this emotional and financial disarray, the decision to find another solution for house arrest would have arisen, should the judges of the Review Court accept the request of Lavitola's defense.

The availability of the home, sought by the suspect's son, was communicated today during the hearing.

But Lavitola's emotional ramifications could also be intricately intertwined with the legal proceedings involving him. Natàlia Potenza's "willingness" to speak with investigators could uncover details about her relationship with Sigfrido Ranucci and the attack, which could conflict with the version offered to magistrates again today during the preliminary hearing.

The crux of the matter is Valter Lavitola's stated motive for the attack. The fixer reiterated today that there was no political motive, but instead claimed that he had given Gomes Clesio Tavares a blank warrant for a demonstration attack against the journalist to protect him and increase his security detail.

The Prosecutor's Office is not satisfied with these admissions and believes that the former editor of L'Avanti is hiding the real reason for the attack and continues to investigate and delve into the life of the suspect.

Natàlia Potenza's hearing could also help clarify these aspects of the affair, confirming or delivering the final blow to Valterino and his business dealings, not just those related to the attack. And who knows if the end of a love affair and an affair with "my love" could help clarify the "self-interested friendship" between Valter Lavitola and Sigfrido Ranucci.

This is also a chapter in the intricate investigation into the attack on the journalist that took place on October 16th last year.

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