Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's partner Andrea Giambruno condemned over rape comments
Source: Sky News
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's partner Andrea Giambruno condemned over rape comments
The TV presenter told his audience "if you avoid getting drunk and losing your senses, you might also avoid coming across a wolf".
By Russell Hope, news reporter
Wednesday 30 August 2023 17:24, UK
The partner of Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, has denied victim blaming after seeming to suggest women could avoid being raped by not getting drunk.
TV presenter Andrea Giambruno, who hosts the Diario del giorno, or Daily Diary, on the Rete 4 commercial station, was commenting on the gang rape of a young woman in the Sicilian capital, Palermo.
Mr Giambruno said on his show on Monday: "If you go dancing, you have every right to get drunk, there shouldn't be any kind of misunderstanding and any kind of problem.
"But if you avoid getting drunk and losing your senses, you might also avoid running into certain problems and coming across a wolf."
His comments were condemned by, among others, opposition politician, Cecilia D'Elia, a Democratic Party senator.
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