Man cleared of assault after woman 'took too long to react'

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 24 - A former trade unionist was cleared of sexual assault on appeal in Milan Monday, upholding a first-instance verdict, after judges ruled that his alleged victim, a hostess, took too long, 20, seconds, to react to his alleged assault.
    The man, former CISL official Raffaele Meola, was already cleared of the alleged 2018 assault in 2020.
    A women's group assisting the alleged victim called the sentence a "disgrace that takes us back 30 years" and said they would appeal to the supreme Court of Cassation. (ANSA).