A frame of the interview with Roberto Spada by Daniele Piervincienzi of Nemo Rai 2

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08 November 2017The Prosecutor opened a file in relation to the attack suffered by the RAI reporter Daniele Piervincenzi by Roberto Spada. A Spada is charged with the crime of injuries but the prosecutors are waiting to know the extent of the damage reported by journalist to redefine the crime if necessary. Spada risks accusing serious or very serious injuries. The file was entrusted to the magistrates of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate.

In Ostia an interview ends in a beating
Yesterday afternoon "two envoys from 'Nemo Nessuno Escluso', journalist Daniele Piervincenzi and film maker Edoardo Anselmi, were violently attacked in Ostia by Roberto Spada, a member of the Spada family, known in the news for several judicial inquiries, and one of his companion ".

The facts were announced by Rai, explaining that the crew of the Rai2 program had to carry out a report on the vote in the town hall of Ostia. "Piervincenzi has a broken nasal septum and a 30-day prognosis."



The service that shows the attack will be broadcast tonight at Nemo, on Rai2 at 9.20pm.

"To realize a service on the vote in the municipality of Ostia - reads the note the Rai, which also released the video of the aggression - Piervincenzi went to the gym run by Roberto Spada to ask him for a comment on his support for Casapound, joining declared on his Facebook profile a few days before the elections ".

"After answering several questions, Spada suddenly gave Piervincenzi a violent head and chased him, beating him with a stick. Then, together with another person, he headed for the film maker, kicking and punching" . 'Nemo Nobody excluded' is a Rai production with FremantleMedia and is broadcast every Thursday on Rai2 at 9.20pm.

Sword on Fb: patience is limited
Roberto Spada posted his version of the incident today on Facebook. "Forgive me .....- wrote Roberto Spada - I understand and respect everyone's work ... after an hour and a half continuously 'I don't want to release any interview' .... he forcibly entered an association for members only ... disturbing a session and scaring my son .... who would you have done ??? In the last 10 days at least 30 journalists have come to scogl ...... the patience has a limit ".

Spada removes posts on Facebook
After a few hours the post of 'patience has a limit' was removed, in which Roberto Spada explained the reason for the attack on the newspapers and beatings of the journalist Rai. After a flood of comments, including some who commented positively on his reaction to '' Did you do well Robè '', '' terrorist journalists '', the brother of the boss 'Romoletto' decided to remove the post from the his Facebook page.

Orfeo and Maggioni: unacceptable aggression
"An unacceptable and intolerable aggression. Full solidarity with Daniele Piervincenzi and Edoardo Anselmi, brutally beaten only for having done their job: that of a journalist. Rai is with them: the company will guarantee full assistance to the two journalists, even in office legal". The general manager and the president of Rai, Mario Orfeo and Monica Maggioni, say this on a joint note, after the aggression in Ostia to the two reporters of the Rai2 broadcast, Nemo.

The journalist beaten: Spada ask the city for forgiveness
"If Roberto Spada asks for forgiveness, I am ready to forgive him, but perhaps he should ask forgiveness from the city of Ostia". This was said by the journalist of "Nemo Nobody excluded", Daniele Piervincenzi, in telephone connection with "La Vita in Diretta", on Rai1, about the attack suffered yesterday afternoon in Ostia. "The clans present in Ostia have ruined the social fabric of a beautiful city that has come from a two-year commissioner", said the troupe journalist of the Rai2 'Nemo - Nessuno Escluso' program, who suffered a fracture in the attack. complex to the nasal septum.

"It seemed like an interview of the ones we usually do - Piervincenzi explained -, he answered the questions, which were questions not so much on the Spada clan, on legal matters, but they were questions focused on what happened in Ostia in recent weeks, that is, the vote, the electoral campaign, Roberto Spada and the Spada supported CasaPound, which in the neighborhood, which is the feudal district of that family, took as much as 17%, so basically this was our request, namely to understand the reasons of an endorsement of the Spada against CasaPound. The reaction of Roberto Spada was totally unexpected, so much so that I never expected to be hit in the face with a headboard or a truncheon ".

Piervincenzi then replied to the post on social media published by Spada: "I don't think I have scared anyone - says the journalist - I am the scared one. But we are still standing".