Multiple Theft Attempts at Fiumicino Airport Duty Free: Piero Fassino Under Scrutiny

Not one, not two, but three "theft attempts". This is what the employees of the Fiumicino airport duty free are convinced of. Following the case of the stolen Chanel perfume last April 15, Piero Fassino could once again be in trouble given the recent testimonies of the Terminal 1 workers, who will be heard by the airport police on Monday. All the while, he continues to be the victim of haters on social media. Piero Fassino victim of haters on social media after the (alleged) theft of perfume at the duty free: "Malice is more widespread than in the past" The other episodes Thus, Fiumicino would not be an isolated case. Not for Fassino - who denies any precedent -, but for the workers of Terminal 1. According to Corriere della Sera, there would indeed be two other suspicious episodes, always at the Rome airport, where in the past the politician had already been surprised by the security with items for sale that he had not paid for. In those cases, however, Fassino had settled the bill after being called out, something that did not happen on April 15. That's why the owners of the duty free decided to file a complaint, which will now reach the Prosecutor's Office of Civitavecchia. Here, however, the investigation must stop. The reason? A possible trial can only take place when the politician becomes a private citizen again. He denies it For Fassino, however, things would have gone differently. "I am very sorry. I have never appropriated anything that wasn't mine in my entire life. I say it and I repeat it, it's all a misunderstanding. Which honestly I thought I had already resolved ten days ago," said the deputy to La Stampa. Fassino specifies that the duty free shop does not have anti-theft alarms: "I did not hear anything ringing". And indeed, it would have been a security guard who noticed the alleged theft of the perfume. The deputy adds that at that moment he was not on the phone, but only had his cellphone in one hand and his suitcase in the other, so "not having three hands" as already said in the past days, he put the bottle in his pocket. But the images are stronger than words, and indeed, it will be the footage already acquired by the police to clarify the matter. The deputy does not hide that he is sorry for a situation that could tarnish his reputation, after sixty years of political career. "I did not intend to misappropriate a bottle of perfume. And I am saddened. This situation can cast a shadow over my image. I am an honest person, I have been all my life and I continue to be so. I have never taken advantage of my roles and my functions." The media attack A situation, that of the perfume-gate, which has generated a flood of comments on social media, including many insults. A fact, this, commented by the deputy himself to "La Stampa": "We live in a time where malice, here's the persecution, are everywhere, much more widespread than in the past. But I repeat, I'm sorry, I'm very sorry." On his side, however, many colleagues and political opponents. "An indecent pillory of which is victim an honest and upright person, whose history speaks for him," believes Fabrizio Comba, the Piedmontese secretary of Brothers of Italy. "It is clear that it is a distraction, a misunderstanding - said Giacomo Portas, former deputy of the Democratic Party, furious about the situation - Piero is the most distracted person in the world, I can assure it. And I too risked leaving a duty free without paying for a packet of biscuits. The only difference is that I realized it a second before passing the anti-theft barrier." "A trivial and regrettable episode that would have deserved a calm investigation is outrageously turning into a media assault, a real parallel trial that finds as its only explanation the well-known surname of the involved citizen," also stated the parliamentarian's lawyer, lawyer Fulvio Gianaria, emphasizing that "for this reason, in agreement with Piero Fassino, I postpone any comment to the future full reading of the acts."