Italy PM Meloni’s partner faces backlash for TV comment on rape

The partner of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been accused of victim blaming after comments he made about rape on his television talk show.
Andrea Giambruno, who hosts the “Diario del giorno” (Daily diary) programme on the Rete 4 commercial station, was commenting after a gang rape of a young woman in the Sicilian capital Palermo hit the headlines.
He said in his programme on Monday evening, “If you go dancing, you have every right to get drunk – there shouldn’t be any kind of misunderstanding and any kind of problem – but if you avoid getting drunk and losing your senses, you might also avoid running into certain problems and coming across a wolf.”
Opposition politicians condemned the comments.