Cecilia Parodi probed for 'racial hatred' after Segre report

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 28 - Writer and activist Cecilia Parodi is being probed in Milan on charges of "incitement to commit a crime for motives of racial, ethnic and religious discrimination" and for defamation aggravated by racial hatred after Holocaust survivor and Life Senator Liliana Segre reported her to authorities for a video posted on Instagram in which Parodi allegedly expressed "hatred against all Jews".
    Milan prosecutor Leonardo Lesti opened the investigation after the report filed by Segre, who is assisted by lawyer Vincenzo Saponara.
    According to investigators, Parodi first used anti-Semitic words against Segre on Instagram and then, after a comment posted by a user, allegedly expressed "hatred against all Jews, hatred against all Israelis, from the first to the last".
    These last two alleged statements led prosecutors to also probe Parodi for suspected instigation to commit a crime and for aggravated defamation, according to judicial sources. (ANSA).