Milan court orders Del Vecchio to hand over daughter to mother; defense cries foul

The Milan Civil Court has mandated that Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio must deliver his one-year-old daughter to her mother, Sara Soldati, by 6 p.m. today, pending a hearing scheduled for August 10.

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The defense of Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio denounces with firmness that the entire affair has been deliberately constructed ad hoc through a systematic and orchestrated succession of extremely serious, false, defamatory, and calumnious accusations. Accusations formulated with the precise and conscious intent of altering the perception of the facts before the judicial authority and of exercising undue, illegitimate, and intolerable pressure in the context of the economic dispute between the parties.

Del Vecchio's defense team has strongly refuted the allegations made against him, labeling them as "false, defamatory, and calumnious." In a statement, the lawyers asserted that these accusations were deliberately constructed to "alter the perception of the facts before the judicial authority" and to exert "undue, illegitimate, and intolerable pressure" within the economic dispute between the parties. They announced plans to file an additional, substantial supplement to a defamation and slander complaint already lodged against Soldati and her lawyer.

The defense team contends that the court's order was based on statements from a former partner of Del Vecchio, whom they consider unreliable and lacking objective corroboration. They highlighted that legal proceedings are already underway against this individual for serious offenses, including the misappropriation of valuable assets, arguing this necessitates a rigorous verification of her credibility.

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The provision was also based on statements made by a former partner of Dr. Del Vecchio, which the defense considers unreliable and lacking objective evidence. Judicial proceedings have already been initiated against the same person for very serious conduct, such as the misappropriation of valuable assets. Elements that make a rigorous verification of the credibility of the statements made by her even more necessary.

According to Del Vecchio's defense, these actions represent a calculated strategy aimed solely at securing "completely unjustified patrimonial advantages." They accuse the opposing party of "instrumentally using the one-year-old daughter and transforming procedural tools into a means of blackmail."

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These initiatives are nothing more than a calculated strategy, aimed exclusively at achieving completely unjustified patrimonial advantages, instrumentally using the one-year-old daughter and transforming procedural tools into a means of blackmail.

Del Vecchio's lawyers emphasized their commitment to ensuring "rigorously ascertain all harmful conduct, every mendacious statement, and all responsibility." They expressed confidence that the judicial authority would thoroughly investigate and establish accountability, restoring the integrity of the legal process.

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The use of false statements, the pretextual contestation of formally signed agreements, and the presentation of artificial and media-constructed reconstructions constitute a very serious and unacceptable abuse of the procedural tool. Should these circumstances be confirmed in the competent venues, they would represent conduct radically incompatible with the most elementary principles of procedural loyalty, correctness, and professional ethics.