Placebo frontman Brian Molko charged with calling Meloni ‘fascist’ and ‘racist’
by Laura Snapes from World news | The Guardian on (#6VBQ5)
The singer is being charged with defamation of the far-right Italian prime minister leader while performing at a festival in Turin in 2023
Placebo frontman Brian Molko is being charged with defamation after appearing to call the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, a piece of shit, fascist, racist" in Italian while performing at a festival in Turin in 2023.
In August 2023, Meloni sued Molko over the comments. Prosecutors subsequently opened an investigation into the claims and have charged Molko with contempt of the institutions".
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