The singer under investigation by the Imperia prosecutor on charges of damage after the performance at the first evening of the Sanremo Festival
The singer Blanco is being investigated by the Imperia prosecutor’s office on charges of damage after the performance on the first evening of San Remo Festival. The singer-songwriter presented his song ‘The Isle of Roses’ and during the performance he destroyed the floral choreography set up on the Ariston stage.
Sanremo Festival: Blanco under investigation on charges of damage
“I couldn’t hear through the headphones, I couldn’t sing. But at least I had fun, that’s music too” he explained later Blanco.
The investigations started from the report made by Codaconswho had immediately presented a complaint to the Imperia prosecutor’s office and to the Court of Auditors:
“Beyond the vulgarity of the gesture and its inappropriateness, having destroyed the scenography of the Festival could lead to real crimes. Article 635 of the penal code in fact establishes that “Anyone who destroys, disperses, deteriorates or makes, in whole or in part, unusable movable or immovable property of others on the occasion of events taking place in a public place or place open to the public is punished with imprisonment from one to five years”.
“In addition to the criminal aspect, the destruction carried out yesterday by Blanco has produced evident economic damage to the citizens: the Ariston scenography is in fact paid for by Italian users who finance Rai through the license fee, and the damage to vases and flowers has caused a waste of public money that the artist will now have to compensate.For these reasons, Codacons is today asking the Imperia Public Prosecutor’s Office to open an investigation into Blanco in the light of the possible crime of “damage”, and the Court of Auditors to initiate the necessary actions on an accounting level aimed at obtaining compensation from the artist for tax damages.”
Blancoafter the controversial exhibition a San Remo, published a letter of apology on his official Instagram profile
Also Amadeus broached the topic during the first press conference of San Remo. On the Blanco’s behaviorthe host said:
“Blanco called me this morning, he was very sorry, he apologized. I know him, Riccardo is a talented boy, he made a mistake and he knows it first. He asked to be forgiven, he was the first to realize that he had But let’s not throw the cross at him and I don’t feel like, perhaps wrongly, saying that he should no longer be part of the Festival for the next few years or punishing him.
