(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 8 - The head prosecutor of Milan's appeals
court has appealed a sentence clearing a former trade unionist
of sexual assault on the grounds that his alleged victim took
too long to react, saying that sexual violence can only be
determined based on whether the encounter is consensual,
judicial sources said Friday.
In the appeal to Italy's supreme Cassation Court, prosecutor
general Angelo Renna wrote that the existence of sexual violence
can't be established by a court based on the "timing of
reaction" of a presumed victim, implying that "a sexual
encounter that lasts for a period of time of 20 or maximum 30
seconds" can't be non-consensual.
"The willingness of the victim is far from irrelevant", wrote
Renna. (ANSA).