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“Montagna told me he had to go to the chief of police to hush up the affair, since they were trying to link Piero Piccioni with the death of Wilma Montesi.
- ITALY: The Regime & Uncle Giuseppe
At the bottom of all the fuss was the accusation that...
- ITALY: The Regime & Uncle Giuseppe
Aug 13, 2011 · Montagna and Piero Piccioni were both eventually sent for trial in Venice for being accessories to Wilma Montesi’s death. A Roman police chief, Saverio Polito, was tried at the same time...
The alleged involvement of Ugo Montagna and Piero Piccioni (son of deputy prime minister, Attilio Piccioni and lover of actress Alida Valli) caused a scandal. Subsequently they were absolved of all charges. The case remains unsolved, including the cause of death.
Jun 10, 2023 · Piero Piccioni, the son of a prominent politician, the government's foreign minister also became the subject of wild press speculation. A rumor spread in the press that Wilma Montesi's missing garter belt had been handed into a police station by Piccioni and promptly destroyed in a hasty cover-up.
At the bottom of all the fuss was the accusation that Foreign Minister Piccioni’s son Piero, a 35-year-old jazz pianist, had abandoned Wilma Montesi to the waves while she was stupefied by drugs.
Feb 3, 2022 · Wilma Montesi’s body was exhumed and a pathologist found that she had drowned but also concluded that she had struggled against an assailant who held her head under the water. Piccioni was charged with manslaughter and Montagna with being complicit. Polito, Caglio and others were charged with obstruction of justice.
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Feb 24, 2021 · The death of Wilma Montesi is a famousold case that disturbed the minds of Romans. It was a crime story that profoundly marked Italy in the 1950s, and tickled the collective imagination as never before. Explaining the deepest folds of this crime story is no easy task, today as it was then.
