Italo-Egyptian ex porn star arrested in Cairo acquitted

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 30 - A 44-year-old Italo-Egyptian ex adult film actor held in Cairo since November 9 on charges of spreading pornographic material has been acquitted, his lawyer told ANSA Monday.
    Elanain Sharif, detained in Egypt after being stopped upon arrival in Cairo at the beginning of November, has reportedly been acquitted of the accusation of producing and distributing pornographic material, ANSA learned from the lawyer Alessandro Russo who is assisting the mother who lives in Foligno while the son is resident in Terni.
    "According to what I was told, it seems he has been acquitted and should be released tomorrow and has already been summoned by the consul. The work between the Farnesina (foreign ministry) and the consulate on site, together with the Egyptian lawyer, has allowed us to obtain the acquittal in a rather delicate case", Russo said.
    Sharif, whose adult film handle is Sheri Taliani, was born in Egypt but has Italian citizenship and lives in the central Umbrian city of Terni.
    It had been feared he might have been swallowed up by the Egyptian legal system. (ANSA).