‘The judges expressed various reasons … one was because the [defendants] said they didn’t even like her, because she was ugly,’ said the woman’s lawyer
An Italian appeals court — a panel of three female jurists — acquitted two men of rape in 2017, in part because the judges agreed with the defendants argument that the victim looked like a man, and therefore they could not have been attracted to her. Now that ruling has been overturned and a retrial has been ordered.
The case dates back to 2015, when a 22-year-old woman reported that she had been attacked. In 2016, the men were convicted — her injuries were, according to doctors, consistent with rape, and that her blood showed a high level of benzodiazepines, a type of tranquilizer, seemingly backing up her lawyer’s claim that her drinks had been spiked at a bar after an evening class.
Oggi ad #Ancona flashmob #siamotuttiVikingo contro la sentenza della Corte di Appello che ha assolto due stupratori perché la vittima sarebbe troppo mascolina #vergogna #indignate #bastaviolenzasulledonne pic.twitter.com/65IHZJtdDf “It was disgusting to read; the judges expressed various reasons for deciding to acquit them, but one was because the [defendants] said they didn’t even like her, because she was ugly,” Cinzia Molinaro, the woman’s lawyer, told the Guardian. “They also wrote that a photograph [of the woman] reflected this.”The case brings to question the treatment of rape victims in Italy.
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