«What has been forgotten is the presumption of innocence. The people have already condemned Isabella Internò. The problem with this process, in which there is nothing concrete, is the media coverage.”. The lawyer stated this in his speech Rossana Cribaridefender of Isabella Internò, accused of voluntary homicide in the ongoing trial in Cosenza, in the Court of Assizes, for the death of her ex-boyfriend, the Cosenza footballer Denis Bergamini, which occurred in 1989 in Roseto Capo Spulico.
The death of Bergamini, whose body was found under a truck along the Ionian state road 106, in Roseto Capo Spulico, was initially attributed to suicide. However, the investigations subsequently made it possible to ascertain that in reality Bergamini would have been suffocated and that the footballer’s suicide, of which Isabella Internò had said she was a witness, would only have been a staged event. According to lawyer Cribari, «in all these years a truth has been sought regarding the death of Denis Bergamini that does not exist, based on theories and suggestions that should not enter a courtroom. The only autopsy that needs to be taken into account is that of Professor Abato, the only one, in 1990, who immediately saw the body. Already in 2012, the experts Bolino and Tessi argued that it was impossible to carry out, after many years, immuno-estochemical tests aimed at ascertaining the vitality of the lesions. A hemorrhagic shock: this was the cause of Bergamini’s death. Abato explained this during the trial also in the courtroom». The next hearing in the trial is set for Monday 30 October, the day on which the defendant’s other lawyer, Angelo Pugliese, will speak.