CNN —A court ruling that found a school janitor not guilty of groping a student because the act only lasted less than 10 seconds has sparked outrage in Italy.
“Love, you know I was joking,” the janitor said, according to the teenager’s testimony mentioned in the judgment.
The decision caused outrage among students and sparked a viral trend on social media.
A local union representing high school students, ‘Rete degli Studenti Medi del Lazio,’ said on Facebook that “this is not a joke, there is nothing funny about it.”“It is unacceptable that we cannot feel protected at school.
Accompanying the media are the hashtags #10secondi and #palpatabreve (brief groping).
Persons:
CNN —, Rome, “, Medi, ’, ”, TikTok, Lotus, Paolo Camilli
Organizations:
CNN, RAI, Facebook
Locations:
Italy, Lazio