Italian bloggers Selvaggia
Lucarelli, Guia Soncini and Gianluca Neri were cleared Monday of
stealing photos of celebrities. The three were accused of
illegally obtaining codes and passwords to access
the celebrities' personal email accounts. Celebrities who
testified in the suit inlcuded Elisabetta Canalis, Mara Venier,
Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Federica Fontana, and her
husband Felice Rusconi. The focus of the suit was 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 were accused of illegal interception, illegal
possession and distribution of access codes (for which Lucarelli
was 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.
photo: Lucarelli
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