“I am returning to where I started, confident that I have done everything I needed to do and that I have contributed to the success of a programme that is the flagship of public service television and investigative journalism,” writes the journalist

“I tried not to respond because it’s almost impossible to do so without matching his tone, and his tone is a lethal mix of insinuation, mafia-like behaviour and falsehoods,” writes the journalist, who was attacked on Facebook by the former presenter of Report

The former minister’s defence team has requested that the hearings take place behind closed doors. Boccia had previously said of the former presenter of Report at Il Foglio: “He’s part of my inner circle”; now he also refers to him as Sangiuliano. In the proceedings, the minister’s former colleague and lover is accused of stalking and causing bodily harm.

The decision was based on four disciplinary allegations: around fifty visits by Laura Cianfoni, a former CISL trade unionist, to the company’s premises; the content of her conversation with M5S MP Carotenuto; company emails forwarded to Lavitola; and the denigration of colleagues

In the row with correspondent Giorgio Mottola, Ranucci has revealed a previously unpublished figure regarding Report’s funding: 330,000 euros a year, more than had previously been reported. This new information raises questions about the reliability of the figures that have been circulating and about leaks from Rai. And it is also causing tensions to rise within the editorial team

To challenge his former friend and colleague at Report over his substantial earnings, Sigfrido publishes the exact same figures that Il Tempo had reported a month ago.