Placebo’s Brian Molko Charged with Defamation for Calling Italian Prime Minister “Fascist, Racist”

Christian Eede

Feb. 19, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Molko made the remarks about Giorgia Meloni during a 2023 performance at Turin's Sonic Park festival

Placebo frontman Brian Molko has been charged with defamation by Italian prosecutors after calling Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a "piece of shit, fascist, racist" during a festival performance in the country in 2023.

Molko was sued by Meloni shortly after he made the remarks during a performance at Turin's Sonic Park festival, and now prosecutors in the city have charged him with defamation for "contempt of the institutions", as Italian newspaper La Stampa reports.

The offence – which relates to defaming any of the Italian government, parliament, courts or army – carries a maximum fine of €5,000 and involves a direct summons to trial. Molko hasn't...

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