Defendants in a case concerning alleged prostitution conducted under the cover of a massage centre in Solofra have been acquitted of the charge of exploitation of prostitution, according to a report by IrpiniaNews.
According to the report, the trial did not establish with certainty the elements needed to support an exploitation charge. In particular, it was not established that multiple women were present at the same time, that organised shifts were in place, or that several rooms were used in parallel.
Witness accounts cited in the report describe telephone contact with a female voice when arranging appointments. The witnesses did not report contact with the other defendant during the appointment-setting or the alleged transactions.
The defence argued that the evidence showed, at most, prostitution by the woman herself, conduct described in the report as not criminally punishable under the Merlin Law.
The report does not identify the court, the judge, the case number, or the date of the acquittal, and no independent judicial document is cited. The full identities of the defendants and the precise procedural position of a third woman mentioned in the report are also not established.
