Meloni ready to testify against Corona over 'love link' to ex FdI MP

Premier Giorgia Meloni is ready to

testify in court in a libel case against former paparazzo to the

stars Fabrizio Corona over an October 23 article that appeared

on his online news service Dillingernews.it alleging a romantic

relationship between the prime minister, who is separated, and a

former member of her right-wing Bothers of Italy (FdI) party,

Manlio Messina, her lawyer said Monday.

Meloni announced her separation from her long-time partner,

television journalist Andrea Giambruno, in October 2023.

She made the public decision on social media after Italian

satirical television shows broadcast explicit, off-air

recordings of Giambruno making lewd comments and propositions to

female colleagues.

The couple, who were not legally married but had been together

for nearly a decade, share a 10-year-old daughter, Ginevra.

Meloni announced the end of their relationship by stating that

their paths had "diverged for some time" and thanked him for the

years they spent together.

Giambruno subsequently suspended his hosting duties on the talk

show Diario del Giorno.

Corona, who has been in and out of jail for defamation and

corruption in recent years, alleged that Meloni hooked up with

Messina shortly after her break from Giambruno.

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