Marco Carta, how and where she waited for the verdict of the Milan Court of Appeal which risked condemning her to 8 years in prison for aggravated theft of six shirts?
“At home. I knew the response was at two in the afternoon, they called me a little earlier and I still had the low ringtone. I didn’t answer. I was also anxious, I wasn’t waiting for anything else… The comedy is that, almost, I was the first to discover from the newspaper sites that I had been acquitted. Fortunately, I felt the phone vibrate. The lawyer told me: it went as it should go. And me: so what? He hesitated… We have a playful relationship. In the end, he tells me: it’s obvious, they acquitted you!».
What made her feel anxious?
“I was worried regardless. This story has taught me that life is unpredictable. I had already been acquitted in the first instance with full formula, unrelated to the facts. And it is very rare, I am told, that the prosecutor appeals for a theft of T-shirts. It was a move that I did not expect, so now I want to emphasize that I was acquitted “also” in the second degree ».
What hurt you the most in these 16 months of trial?
“That it was such a media case and the fury of the keyboard lions who insulted me by mixing the accusations of being a thief with heavy homophobic insults. But now it’s over and I want to make memes about my misadventure too. Before, it wasn’t the case: I risked looking like a braggart who defied the system and that’s not how I am. ”
Did you ever appear in prison?
“Never. I never believed that Italian justice could be wrong up to this point. “Bad don’t be afraid don’t have” was my mantra every morning. It wasn’t that I lived in fear, but always with a little cloud. Fear exploded all at once on the morning of the trial. Before, it was a journey that I tried to take in peace, even if accompanied by a nightmare, a monster, a dream ».
Have comments on social media improved today?
“The haters are 90 percent gone. But I haven’t read much because I’m working on the single that will be out soon. It mixes pop and electronics, I hope it will make people dance and have fun ».
What was the most difficult moment?
“Managing my grandmother’s concern about the trial: she died in April and is the woman who raised me when I lost my mother and found myself alone at 10. She was alive when I won in the first degree, but he had time to know that the PM had done it appeal. He said: but when will it end? This was my nightmare squared. ‘
Did the grandmother miss Covid?
“Of cancer, but she was in the hospital alone and, due to the anti Covid measures, no one was able to stay close to her. I was under his window, begging to let me in, but they didn’t let me in. I begged to let me see her in the morgue. I managed to greet her there. Making her die alone was the last thing I wanted for her, who feared only two things: darkness and loneliness. In fact, our house in Cagliari is called “the house of the sun” because there is always light and people “
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Are there people who have drifted apart in recent months?
“A couple and that’s okay. And I lost some job opportunities. I would have appreciated more courage. I have had it. I have been very bad. I had repercussions on mental and physical health, I don’t want to go into details, but the stress was felt. That day and what followed was a trauma ».
What do you remember of that day at the Rinascente in Milan?
“A carefree evening. There was a lot of people, it was hot and I had a dinner in the evening and instead I returned home at four in the morning, after being held for hours. I remember that, before, I was in a hurry to go shopping, it was a normal evening, one in which nothing bad can happen: you are shopping, you are peaceful, friends and boyfriend are waiting for you at home … Instead I found myself in a nightmare. I thought I was on Seriously, it was too absurd ».
Didn’t he notice that his friend had stolen things?
“But never. If not, I would have prevented it. Not for me, but for this other person which I do not quote “.
Do you have such bad relations with Fabiana Muscas that you don’t mention her?
“There’s just no relationship.”
Aren’t you afraid of an appeal to the Supreme Court?
«Nooo, I hope they do those for murder or armed robbery and, anyway, the videos can’t lie. The security camera guys have already told the truth in two trials. “
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