{"id":71865,"date":"2026-05-15T02:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/71865\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T02:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:58:09","slug":"melonis-justice-ministry-in-turmoil-as-berlusconi-era-scandal-resurfaces-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/71865\/","title":{"rendered":"Meloni\u2019s justice ministry in turmoil as Berlusconi-era scandal resurfaces \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian leader, however, has publicly stood by her Cabinet member. \u201cI trust Nordio,\u201d she said, ruling out \u201cany possibility of resignations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Sergio Mattarella\u2019s office, which formally approved the pardon in February, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ansa.it\/sito\/notizie\/politica\/2026\/04\/27\/il-quirinale-scrive-a-nordio-sulla-grazia-a-minetti-nuove-verifiche.-lei-notizie_de7b6de8-90eb-4319-89e9-ddab3c714aab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">asked<\/a> the justice ministry for urgent clarification following concerns about possible irregularities in the information supporting the request. The Italian authorities have called in Interpol to make enquiries.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilfattoquotidiano.it\/2026\/04\/30\/minetti-gate-famiglia-adottiva-bambino-intervista-news\/8371790\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Il Fatto Quotidiano<\/a> examined the circumstances surrounding Minetti\u2019s case, including speculation that elements of the documentation presented to obtain the pardon were incomplete or inaccurate.<\/p>\n<p>How we got here<\/p>\n<p>Plucked from obscurity by Berlusconi to serve as a city councilor in Milan, Minetti became a central figure in the long-running legal saga surrounding his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/politica\/11_settembre_09\/guastella-la-minetti-ad-arcore-sexy-suora_3df39094-daa6-11e0-9c9b-7f60b377ee16.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sex parties<\/a>, including his trial for sex with an underage nightclub dancer known as Ruby \u201cthe Heart Stealer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After years of legal battles, Minetti was sentenced to prison for procuring prostitutes and embezzlement. In the intervening years, she rebuilt her life in Uruguay with a new partner, heir to the wealthy restaurateur Cipriani dynasty, and sought clemency on humanitarian grounds, saying her adopted son needed specialist hospital care.<\/p>\n<p>The justice ministry approved the argument after asking for a verification of information and the legal opinion of Milan\u2019s attorney general. The ministry then approved the request and passed the dossier to Mattarella\u2019s office, which gave final approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Italian leader, however, has publicly stood by her Cabinet member. \u201cI trust Nordio,\u201d she said, ruling out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[273,2080,952,3606,1072,4605,4606,5822,8923],"class_list":{"0":"post-71865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-giorgia-meloni","8":"tag-giorgia-meloni","9":"tag-italian-politics","10":"tag-italy","11":"tag-judiciary","12":"tag-media","13":"tag-referendum","14":"tag-sergio-mattarella","15":"tag-silvio-berlusconi","16":"tag-uruguay"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116576354539131276","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}