https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The son of the comedian and activist Beppe Grillo has been accused of raping a 19-year-old Scandinavian woman at his father's villa. https://www.thelocal.it/20190906/five-star-founder-beppe-grillos-son-investigated-in-gang-rape-case Fri, 06 Sep 2019 15:30:58 +0200 five-star-founder-beppe-grillos-son-investigated-in-gang-rape-case Italy's highest court has thrown out a ruling that a woman couldn't be a victim of rape because judges deemed her "too masculine" and "unattractive". https://www.thelocal.it/20190410/italys-top-court-rules-physical-appearance-irrelevant-in-rape-cases Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:34:17 +0200 italys-top-court-rules-physical-appearance-irrelevant-in-rape-cases Italy's interior minister called for rape to be punishable by chemical castration after an American teenager said she was gang-raped by three men in Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20190327/italy-sicily-catania-gang-rape-american-au-pair Wed, 27 Mar 2019 17:29:27 +0100 italy-sicily-catania-gang-rape-american-au-pair Judges had said the alleged rape victim’s story was not believable because she was “unattractive.” https://www.thelocal.it/20190312/italian-rape-case-collapses-as-judges-rule-victim-too-masculine Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:05:01 +0100 italian-rape-case-collapses-as-judges-rule-victim-too-masculine An ex-member of the carabinieri, Italy’s military police, has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison for the rape of one of two American students assaulted in late 2017. https://www.thelocal.it/20181012/prison-time-for-italian-policeman-convicted-of-raping-us-students Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:30:00 +0200 prison-time-for-italian-policeman-convicted-of-raping-us-students Italian champions Juventus on Thursday said rape allegations against Cristiano Ronaldo do not change their opinion of their superstar player, but US sportswear giant Nike said it was "deeply concerned". https://www.thelocal.it/20181005/juventus-support-ronaldo-as-nike-deeply-concerned-by-rape-allegations Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:00:00 +0200 juventus-support-ronaldo-as-nike-deeply-concerned-by-rape-allegations Italian actress Asia Argento, who became a leading figure in the #MeToo movement after accusing powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of rape, admitted she had sex with young actor Jimmy Bennett, who claimed she sexually assaulted him as a teenager. https://www.thelocal.it/20181001/asia-argento-admits-that-she-had-sex-with-jimmy-bennett Mon, 01 Oct 2018 11:21:03 +0200 asia-argento-admits-that-she-had-sex-with-jimmy-bennett A ruling from Italy's top court in a sexual violence case has prompted debate across the country about consent and how the courts and media deal with cases of sexual assault. https://www.thelocal.it/20180718/a-controversial-verdict-in-a-rape-case-has-got-italy-talking-about-consent-and-alcohol Wed, 18 Jul 2018 17:50:55 +0200 a-controversial-verdict-in-a-rape-case-has-got-italy-talking-about-consent-and-alcohol Former AC Milan and Real Madrid striker Robinho has been sentenced to nine years in prison in Italy after he was convicted of gang rape, according to local media reports on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171124/robinho-sentenced-gang-rape-italy Fri, 24 Nov 2017 10:24:55 +0100 robinho-sentenced-gang-rape-italy Italian football club Inter Milan on Wednesday invited the victim of an alleged sex assault by French police to watch a match as soon as he was well enough. https://www.thelocal.it/20170209/inter-milan-invites-french-police-rape-victim-to-match Thu, 09 Feb 2017 09:59:56 +0100 inter-milan-invites-french-police-rape-victim-to-match UPDATED: Rome's Colle Oppio park, close to the Colosseum, will be closed at nighttime following the rape of an Australian tourist, the city hall announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161004/australian-woman-raped-and-beaten-in-rome Tue, 04 Oct 2016 16:44:33 +0200 australian-woman-raped-and-beaten-in-rome Italian police are investigating a case of alleged animal mistreatment and zoophilia after witnesses and animal rights groups reported seeing a shepherd sexually abuse a female donkey tied to a pole in Rome's Caffarella park. https://www.thelocal.it/20160205/donkey-tied-up-and-raped-by-shepherd-in-rome-park Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:35:25 +0100 donkey-tied-up-and-raped-by-shepherd-in-rome-park A 98-year-old woman has won a long legal battle and finally gained compensation from the Italian state after being raped by soldiers during World War II. https://www.thelocal.it/20150924/98-year-old-woman-compensated-for-wwii-rape Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:11:28 +0200 98-year-old-woman-compensated-for-wwii-rape Italian police on Monday arrested two men accused of raping a young American tourist in a nightclub in the coastal town of Sorrento recently. https://www.thelocal.it/20150824/two-arrested-over-american-womans-rape Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:15:28 +0200 two-arrested-over-american-womans-rape A 19-year-old German tourist was allegedly raped on a beach in the Adriatic town of Rimini. It is the third case of an alleged sexual attack in the town in less than a week, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150820/german-tourist-raped-on-rimini-beach Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:03:07 +0200 german-tourist-raped-on-rimini-beach A man accused of brutally raping a transwoman at knife-point in northern Italy has been arrested after his victim bumped into him weeks later. https://www.thelocal.it/20150813/rape-suspect-arrested-after-bumping-into-victim Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:15:30 +0200 rape-suspect-arrested-after-bumping-into-victim A man has been arrested in Rome on suspicion of raping a 16-year-old girl in the Prati district of the Italian capital on Monday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20150701/girl-16-raped-by-man-posing-as-policeman Wed, 01 Jul 2015 14:37:34 +0200 girl-16-raped-by-man-posing-as-policeman A man has been arrested for attempted rape in Rome after apparently mistaking a waitress for a prostitute. https://www.thelocal.it/20150603/man-mistakes-waitress-for-prostitute-in-rome Wed, 03 Jun 2015 12:33:23 +0200 man-mistakes-waitress-for-prostitute-in-rome A man has admitted to raping a female taxi driver in a Rome suburb on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150511/man-admits-to-raping-rome-taxi-driver Mon, 11 May 2015 18:15:14 +0200 man-admits-to-raping-rome-taxi-driver An Italian ex-policeman has been jailed for raping a 16-year-old Australian girl who stayed with him through the Couchsurfing website. https://www.thelocal.it/20150415/ex-policeman-jailed-in-couchsurfing-rape-case Wed, 15 Apr 2015 13:03:49 +0200 ex-policeman-jailed-in-couchsurfing-rape-case