Fedez sues consumer group for defamation and slander

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 19 - Rapper and TV personality Fedez is suing Codacons for alleged slander and defamation after the consumer group asked the financial police to look into the companies that manage the his artistic activities, Corriere della Sera newspaper reported on Monday.
    The Codacons request came after Fedez, 34, declared himself to be without assets.
    "For some time now, Codacons has been waging an almost daily media and judicial campaign" against Fedez "for behavior that is allegedly lamentable, if not actually criminal," said his lawyers.
    "All the accusations made have proved to be unfounded and are merely a pretext to attack him unjustly," they added.
    Codacons has also recently filed a number of complains against Fedez' partner, 36-year-old influencer and businesswoman Chiara Ferragni, for allegedly falsely profiting from allegedly bogus charity item sales including a pandoro Christmas cake, a doll and an Easter egg modelled on her.
    Ferragni is now under investigation for alleged fraud and has been ordered by Italy's competition watchdog to pay a one million euro fine. (ANSA).