Right around the time I began my foray into researching the Italian judicial process, that rapscallion of a Prime Minister, Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi, was making headlines of his own, about rape: “Silvio Berlusconi criticised for ‘pretty girl’ rape comment …” – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/4339817/Silvio-Berlusconi-criticised-for-pretty-girl-rape-comment.html Berlusconi’s rape…

I give you Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister. Enough said.

  When you have a legal team overseas, certain adjustments have to be made in order to keep a smooth line of communication. First, I realized I needed to change my phone plan to account for international calls. Second, I needed…

It’s been said that the wheels of justice in the U.S. turn slowly. Well, the Italian justice system makes ours look like it’s in a sprint. As I mentioned previously, I was told by someone with considerable inside knowledge of the…

The entire reason I started this blog was to enlighten others on a process that I myself could find no information on. In the early days immediately after the attack, any and all searches for “prosecuting an Italian citizen” “prosecuting…

I had fired my arsenal of money questions at the firm I intended to hire, and eagerly awaited a response. I imagined all manner of possible answers and was preparing myself for disappointment. Instead of an immediate response on the fee, I…

By now, if you have read any number of my posts, you have hopefully realized the importance that asking for help played in my efforts to get my case against Marco started. Want to know a secret? I felt uncomfortable…

I have taken you through the first stages of hiring an Italian attorney to represent me via my two previous posts. Now, I will shed light on what I did to attempt to negotiate a fair rate for myself. The…

I have decided that from time to time, I am going to call out a Fight Back Woman when I see or read about one. My friend Pete called my attention to the horrors presented in this article he posted: http://www.fanhouse.com/2010/11/22/texas-town-courts-fail-cheerleader/ What…

As I mentioned in my last post, a colleague was able to make a recommendation to me on a legal firm based in Milan. On Nov. 28, I made an initial inquiry to the firm, sending along my police report, hospital…