Maldini denounces attempted censorship regarding interview through lawyer

The former AC Milan coach Paolo Maldini has denounced through his lawyer the censorship of the interview given to Radio Serie A last Thursday.

As Radio Rossonera reports, the news was reported a short while ago by ANSA and refers to the interview broadcast on Radio Serie A on the morning of Thursday 9 May together with the journalist Alessandro Alciato.

Alciato himself had published several stories on his Instagram profile accusing him of having been ‘pressured not to air’ the interview with Maldini, though he was not specific regarding who that pressure was from.

ANSA writes that ‘in light of the well-known censorship of his interview on Radio Serie A last May 9th’, through the lawyer Danilo Buongiorno, Maldini has ‘announced that he has already appointed his lawyer to protect himself from such serious behaviours unjustly suffered’.

In the note sent to the news agency by Buongiorno himself on behalf of Paolo Maldini, the lawyer ‘warns anyone from repeating such behaviour and reserves, if necessary, any action to protect his client; and in defence of the fundamental right of freedom of expression’.

It will be interesting to see if this is the end of the matter or if a response comes out from whomever the complain is directed at, but for now everything remains very vague.