Italy sex case dropped because woman ‘did not scream’

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The alleged victim said she had “blocked out” what was happening (file photo)


The court in Turin ruled last month that the woman saying “enough” to her colleague who allegedly attacked her was not a strong enough reaction to prove she had been sexually assaulted.


The ruling has caused outrage in the country.

“Certainly, you cannot punish the personal reaction of a woman terrified by what is happening to her,” said opposition MP Annagrazia Calabria.





Acquitting the defendant, the judge said the woman had not “betrayed the emotion that a violation of her person had to inspire in her”, described her account as “unlikely” and said the assault “did not exist”, Corriere della Sera said.


Italy sex case dropped because woman ‘did not scream’