A host of Italian celebrities made
formal requests to testify in court as part of the first hearing
Friday of a suit against three bloggers for allegedly "stealing
secrets" after illegally obtaining codes and passwords to access
the celebrities' personal email accounts.
The celebrities who requested to testify in the suit are
Elisabetta Canalis, Mara Venier, Prince Emanuele Filiberto of
Savoy, Federica Fontana, and her husband Felice Rusconi, against
bloggers Selvaggia Lucarelli, Guia Soncini and Gianluca Neri.
The focus of the suit is a group of 191 photos taken at
Canalis's 32nd birthday held at then-boyfriend George Clooney's
estate on Lake Como, Villa Oleandra, where the three bloggers
allegedly "stormed" the celebrities' accounts.
The bloggers are accused of illegal interception, illegal
possession and distribution of access codes (for which Lucarelli
is excluded) for the "purpose of procuring profit for self or
others or to cause damage to others", as well as illegal access
to computer systems and violation of privacy.
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