"Violent gang rape": An indictment was filed against the Genoa-Young Italy connection

Manolo Portnova, who even scored his team's winning goal in the last round of Serie A, will appear in court about a year after his arrest and after a lengthy investigation

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29/03/2022

Tuesday, March 29, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

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A year after the 20-year-old contact between Genoa and the young Italian team, Manolo Portnova, was arrested on suspicion of participating in violent gang rape, an indictment was filed last night (Monday) and he will appear in court in June.

Portnova, a midfielder who was sold by Juventus for 10 million euros a few months before being arrested, was a member of the Serie A bottom team and this season recorded 17 appearances and even celebrated his first goal of the season 10 days ago, in the critical 0-1 win over Turin before last week's break. And all this while he is suspected of the heinous act.

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Will appear in court in the summer.

Manolo Portnova (Photo: GettyImages)

Portnova is the son of former Bologna, Genoa and Napoli player Daniela Portnova.

He is one of three young men against whom a complaint was filed last year by a young woman his age who complained about a rape that allegedly took place at a party in the city of Siena, where he was also arrested shortly afterwards.

An indictment was also filed against the two other young men involved in the alleged young rape, one of whom is a relative of Portnova, while another young man involved in the tragic incident was 17 at the time and therefore the jurisdiction in his case is that of the Florence Juvenile Court.

During their interrogation, they claimed that the sex was carried out with consent, but an interrogation that lasted about 10 months and during which non-stop interrogations were carried out, examined the telephones of the young men and the girl who was attacked, led to an indictment.

Portnova grew up in Lazio's youth department, from which he moved to Juventus and in January 2021 was sold to Genoa for around € 10 million, a deal that even aroused suspicion in Italy and was investigated due to the high amount paid for the midfielder, who was arrested a few months later.

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