Solange Marchignoli, criminal lawyer Note in Milan and often on television for his judicial news interventions, he decided to publicly tell his personal story. A story that overturns the image of the brilliant and safe professional: behind the scenes, for almost two years, he suffered physical and psychological violence by his partner, an Iranian entrepreneur now under house arrest.
The first slap and the beginning of the nightmare
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Marchignoli’s story was made to “Inside the news“, Transmission conducted by Gianluigi Nuzzi On Canale 5 every afternoon and starts from a apparently isolated episodeduring a holiday atElba Island: A sudden slap. But from there the episodes of mistreatment have become increasingly frequent and brutal. The lawyer describes a control vortex, threats and insulation, until the more serious episode: a jaw fracture, broken teeth and twelve screws inserted in the mouth after an aggression that left it without a senses.
Isolated and controlled
In addition to the beatings, The former partner would have imposed asphyxiating control over his life. He would have prevented her from attending television and tried to limit their professional activity, in an attempt to reduce it to silence. A mechanism of power that did not end with physical violence, but that It affected the freedom and identity of the victim very.
The turning point: the complaint
Marchignoli found the strength to report. A not obvious choice, not even for those who know the law well and exercise it as a job. The man was arrested and today he is under house arrest on charges of mistreatment.
“None should be ashamed”
The criminal lawyer also decided to speak to send a message to other women: “You don’t have to be ashamed. Denouncing is difficult but necessary. Nobody has the right to destroy the life of another person”.
A case that shakes public opinion
The story highlights a dramatic truth: Domestic violence spares no one, not even those who know the courtrooms by profession. A testimony that becomes an example and warning, in the hope that other women find the strength to get out of silence.
