Placebo’s Brian Molko charged for calling Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a “facist” and “racist”

Placebo frontman Brian Molko has been charged with defamation after he allegedly called Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a “facist” and “racist”.

Videos posted of the incident in 2023 showed the frontman describing Meloni in Italian as “a piece of shit fascist, racist” and then saying “fuck you” during the band’s set in front of 10,000 fans at Sonic Park Festival in Turin in July 2023.

At the time, prosecutors in Turin opened an investigation into the claims and filed a lawsuit against Molko for defamation.

Now, according to Italian newspaper La Stampa, Italy’s justice ministry has given prosecutors the right to launch legal proceedings against Molko on charges of “contempt of the institutions”, an offence that carries a fine of between €1,000 (£830) and €5,000 (£4,150).

During the Stupinigi Sonic Park, the Placebo lead singer Brian Molko calls PM Giorgia Meloni 'racist, fascist', concluding 'fuck you'.

July 11, 2023 pic.twitter.com/eqmJLcH4Qp

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