A 50-year-old pharmaceuticals
manager accused of drugging and raping a 21-year-old female
student in his luxury Milan flat last May has now been placed
under investigation for suspected fraudulent bankruptcy, sources
said Monday.
Antonio Di Fazio has been in prison custody since May
Five young women who say they were drugged and raped by Di Fazio
have come forward and spoken to prosecutors.
One of the girls has said she was held captive for four weeks,
and another for several days, while a third said she managed to
escape his clutches.
Sources said they had told "horror stories" to the prosecutors.
Police said they were investigating a suspected network of
accomplices.
Prosecutors say they have found images of other suspected
victims of 50-year-old Di Fazio, who was arrested on May 24 on
suspicion of drugging, raping and photographing a 21-year-old
student who went to his office for a job interview.
Police said they had found more than 50 photos on his phone but
there were even more on his other devices, meaning that the
victims are presumably much more numerous than the five
initially thought.
The images, like that of the student and another four young
women, were found on Di Fazio's phone, PC and tablet.
Police said he took them as "trophies" of his sexual violence.
They said he slipped massive doses of tranquilizers into the
women's drinks and then stripped them and raped them, before
photographing them naked.
Di Fazio has declined to answer prosecutors' questions. His
lawyer, Rocco Romellano, told reporters: "He's very confused and
worn out, he isn't well, I've always known him to be a cordial,
honest and calm person, but I can't know if he had a double
life, nothing like that has come out".
Di Fazio was declared bankrupt on Friday, with debts of over
half a million euros.
He is now being probed for the fraudulent bankruptcy of his
former company, Industria Farmaceutica Italiana, judicial
sources said Monday.
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