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July 18, 2020 He allegedly sexually abused a client after inviting her to dinner and narcotizing her. It is the charge against a 66-year-old Santa Maria a Vico (Caserta), known as "magician Ermes", who was arrested by the carabinieri on the order of the investigating judge of the court of Santa Maria Capua Vetere on charges of sexual violence aggravated.   

The facts date back to July 2019 when the carabinieri learned what happened to the woman, residing in Naples, and started the investigation. The military were warned by the doctors of Maddaloni (Caserta) and of the San Paolo hospital in Naples, where the woman was treated after losing consciousness twice while driving home after a night spent in the magician's home. In the hospital, the presence of benzodiazepines in the woman's body was ascertained.

The victim told of a dinner at the wizard's house, but claimed that he no longer remembered anything. The carabinieri arranged tests to ascertain the presence of biological traces on the woman's body and clothing and listened to the victim's daughter, who reported that the mother had become the magician's regular customer. The man had promised her, through rituals and spells, behind the payment of money, to solve his sentimental problems. The girl confirmed that the magician had repeatedly asked the mother for sexual services, who had always refused, only to accept the invitation to dinner. 

From the San Paolo hospital, the results of the tests confirmed that there was sexual violence. The carabinieri intercepted the 66-year-old's phone calls, seizing his cell phone. This prompted the investigating magistrate to issue the precautionary measure that brought the magician to prison.