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Journalist harassed on live TV by a fan after Empoli-Fiorentina: “He slapped me on the butt”

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FLORENCE. The connection from the outside of the Empoli stadium for Toscana TV and 7 Gold, a man passing by and touching her butt, triggering the reaction between the surprised and angry journalist and the invitation from the studio by the conductor Giorgio Micheletti to “Don’t be mad”: this is the unfortunate episode that happened to Greta Beccaglia yesterday afternoon. All this right in the championship round in which violence against women was denounced on the fields through a red mark on the faces of players and referees. The video began to circulate on social media, also shared by the journalist herself on her Instagram stories, where she also told what happened, unleashing an almost unanimous condemnation of the fan who harassed her. Even with appeals to help recognize the fan to be reported. Beccaglia then described the attack he suffered as follows: “First he spat on his hand and then he slapped me on the back, strong, violent, which also hurt physically.”

Football, journalist harassed on live TV after Empoli-Fiorentina


The next day, as news and videos start to bounce everywhere, the reactions of the political world flock to: “What happened to Greta Beccaglia is not acceptable – these are the words of the Speaker of the Chamber, Roberto Fico -, it cannot be derubricated in any way. It is a real episode of violence that must be condemned without hesitation. My solidarity goes to the journalist ». Solidarity also expresses Maria Elena Boschi of Italia Viva: «Similar behaviors are not“ stunts ”but harassment. Nobody can take the liberty of touching a woman without her consent. ” Laura Boldrini of the Democratic Party spoke on social media: «What happened to the journalist Greta Beccaglia, to whom my closeness goes, was very serious. First the harassment, then the humiliation: “Don’t take it.” It is the mirror of a society in which women are forced to suffer and also to remain silent: this is not normal. An investigation is opened ».

The mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, invites her “to Palazzo Vecchio and to give her the embrace of the city, far from these reprehensible gestures”, while Empoli’s colleague Brenda Barnini, in addition to condemning the gesture and expressing solidarity, underlines that ” we find ourselves commenting on this despicable gesture which demonstrates for the umpteenth time how there is a need to radically change the male chauvinist and prevaricating culture that still rages in every area today. And worse than the gesture is the attempt to minimize it as if it were acceptable, as if it were an innocent joke. I believe that the investigators must undertake to look for the culprit of the act and punish him with the Daspo as is done in the event of violence linked to stadium events ». Laura Ravetto of the League joins the chorus who in a note writes: «A slap on the backside and sexist phrases are not the equivalent of a master’s degree, but an act of violence. The Order of Journalists must intervene on the basis of an ethical duty, rather than a professional and personal one, to which the journalist must comply. For the League, every day is November 25th, we will ask to go into the matter until the dignity of Greta Beccaglia – and of all the women forced to undergo similar treatments every day – can obtain the right compensation ». According to Valentina Cuppi, president of the National Assembly of the Democratic Party, the woman was «twice the victim of a male-dominated culture that normalizes harassment. This is violence and must be denounced without ifs and buts ».

To express solidarity with her, here is the president of the Liguria Region, Giovanni Toti: «Neither harassment nor anyone who minimizes it is acceptable anymore. We can no longer remain silent and this cultural battle must start with each of us. As a man and as a representative of the institutions, I feel it is my duty to be the bearer of this message. Other than “do not take it”, we take it and there are many to say enough! ».

The Order of Journalists of Tuscany also took a stand denouncing the “very serious episode of harassment against a journalist which occurred live on TV” and condemning the incident, and then expressing “full solidarity with the journalist Greta Beccaglia who was immediately contacted by the president of the Order of Journalists of Tuscany, Giampaolo Marchini ». But, underlines the Odg, «who was in the studio, instead of condemning the gesture and the harasser, invited the colleague to” not take it “. No word of solidarity was heard towards her from the conductor ». The conductor then somehow tried to correct the shot, saying that if that man had taken a few more slaps as a child, he probably would not have made that gesture today.

Also with respect to this aspect of the story “the Order reiterates that the time has come to stop minimizing and reminds us that violence against women is first of all a cultural and social problem”.

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