The 17-year-old girl said the school janitor came up behind her as she was pulling up her trousers and slipped his hand beneath her underpants, according to court documents.
FILE - External view of the Rome's tribunal taken Friday, June 28, 2013. Italians are taking to social media to denounce a Rome's court verdict clearing a school janitor of sexual assault charges for groping a 17-year-old student because it only lasted between five and 10 seconds. ROME — Italians are using social media to denounce a court verdict clearing a school janitor of a sexual assault charge for groping a 17-year-old student because it only lasted “around five to 10 seconds.
The verdict will be appealed, the teen’s lawyer, Andrea Buitoni, told The Associated Press. Italian law allows acquittals to be appealed by both the prosecutor and the defense. She said that the younger generation mobilizing on social media were making clear that “they have no doubt” that decision was wrong. “They don’t need us to say that it was a crime,’’ she said of the janitor’s action.
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