Political Scandal and Glamour: The Arrest of Maria Carmen Lorusso

Elected in the 2019 local elections with the center-right, Maria Carmen Lorusso was ready to run again in the upcoming Administrative elections in Bari. She was arrested with her husband Giacomo Olivieri in the operation 'Internal Code' focused on alleged links between politics and the mafia in Bari. Olivieri is said to have been the driving force behind deals with the Parisi, Montani, and Strisciuglio mafia clans to get his wife elected through vote trading. Both spouses did not answer the judge's questions after the arrests but said they were ready to 'clarify everything' once they read the documents. Bari at risk of dissolution, Decaro: 'If there are suspicions, I will renounce my escort.' Piantedosi: 'War on mafias, not on mayors.' Maria Carmen Lorusso, who is the councilor arrested Lorusso, 38 years old, is the wife of Giacomo Olivieri, 63, a former regional councilor, elected with Forza Italia and then switched to the center-left with his movement. The woman has been under house arrest since February 27, while he is detained in the prison of Brindisi, considered the mastermind of the electoral tampering that has brought the storm on the Puglia region. And if he is considered the brain, the 38-year-old, daughter of the oncologist Vito Lorusso (arrested in July with charges of extortion and embezzlement for having asked for and pocketed money from his patients with the promise of speeding up waiting lists and providing services that were actually free. Moreover, the doctor is also under investigation for a theft of drugs and medical devices at the Oncology center.), is the real cool protagonist of the couple, all sequins and very active selfies on social media with no absence in glamorous events. The career Candidated in 2019 in the Di Rella mayor list, in the center-right, she was elected with over 900 votes, before switching in 2021 to the center-left majority, later becoming also the leader of the council group Sud al Centro. Since 2010 she has been organizing medical conferences. Since 2013 she has become a lawyer specialized in environmental law, tenders, and personal injury, before also obtaining the journalist card thanks to the column 'Dr Smart' for the Quotidiano Italiano, Olivieri's newspaper until a few years ago. From 2015 to 2017, when she was already Olivieri's partner, she held the role of president of the Strategic Control Unit of the Metropolitan Area of Bari. Then the entry into politics, marriage to Olivieri in Savelletri, a book on love (with many useful tips) and much more. The life between clubs and luxury vacations A mansion with a swimming pool in Rosa Marina, the exclusive village in Ostuni, vacations between Capri and ski slopes with magnum of champagne. And, the clubs (from the Tennis to the Sailing club) of the 'wonderfully Bari'. Then the 38-year-old also writes a decalogue on happiness titled 'The spread of love'. Here are Lorusso's useful tips for evaluating a man: 'My book is aimed at girls between twenty and thirty years old looking for Prince Charming, to those who after thirty years realize the need for real stability, to lovers who constantly wonder if they are doing the right thing, to ex-wives who should make peace.' The book with tips (for women) to find a man And the rules are clear with many points: physical appearance important but what matters more is the salary (never below 3000 euros) and also property ownership. Club memberships also rise in the ranking certainly better not to have children, they lose points and beware of dating someone who does not even own a house. And her life choices are a faithful reproduction of the handbook: vacations in Greece and Roccaraso, boats, glamorous parties, and the world of politics. All obviously flaunted on social media.