The Rome Public Prosecutor’s Office investigated Lavitola as the instigator of the attack but then released him, allowing him 37 days to speak to anyone, including Ranucci, thereby compromising the evidence. Now the prosecutors have discovered that Lavitola has deleted many of the chats he exchanged with Ranucci, but to recover them, they have not seized the former Report presenter’s mobile phone.

The programme was entrusted to the De Pasquale-Piervicenzi duo, following a long list of refusals due to ‘fear’ of Sigfrido and the insults directed at Flavio Sottile and Giampaolo Rossi.

The former presenter of Report will be a guest on 7 September at Visionaria 2026, the left-wing festival in the Garbatella neighbourhood organised by Smeriglio and Ciaccheri.

The long-standing Rai face speaks from London: “For a journalist, going abroad is a privilege that only Rai can afford today, but here it is used to solve corporate problems.” The quintessential role of a journalist, yet at Rai they prefer light-hearted presenting and little stories straight out of a bistro.

In-house journalists have declared a “state of unrest” and reserve the right “to take further action in the struggle for democracy”. It has been a turbulent weekend for the programme’s team, while the presenter has not ruled out a future in politics.

In this country, there is simply no way of establishing the (constitutional!) principle of the inviolability of private conversations. Thus, a valuable opportunity to de-politicise the dispute has been missed

The presenter has vowed to fight back following his departure from the programme, while the editorial team has expressed strong opposition to his replacements. Rai is offering three positions, journalists are threatening to walk out, and La7 is once again emerging as the promised land. The situation has become a conflict of all against all.