Chalet Manager Formally Investigated in the Aftermath of a Fatal Dispute Over a Shoe

"I don't remember saying this. I recognize the people in the photo, they had a beer but did not participate in the brawl. Some were regular customers, however, I don't know who participated in the shoe dispute," said the speaker. After the statements were deemed evasive, Giovanni Nacarlo, the manager of the Agostino chalet on the Naples seafront, where a fight over a shoe erupted on March 20 last year, resulting in the murder of the innocent Francesco Pio Maimone, an 18-year-old aspiring pizza maker who had nothing to do with those dynamics, is now formally under investigation. The main defendant in the trial is Francesco Pio Valda, considered the material executor of the crime. The witness's attitude was deemed "omissive," despite various warnings from the president of the first section of the Naples Court of Assizes (Concetta Cristiano), who was forced to suspend the hearing, inform Nacarlo of his status as a suspect, and appoint a legal counsel for him. At the last hearing, the chalet's manager himself had not appeared in court, and this morning he was escorted by the Carabinieri. Despite being under escort, the witness attempted to retract the photo identifications and his statements.