A court docket in Milan has ordered journalist Giulia Cortese to pay Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni 5,000 euros ($5,411 U.S.) after Cortese mocked Meloni on social media. In 2021, Cortese tweeted a faux picture displaying Meloni and the late Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, igniting a disagreement between the 2. The court docket additionally handed Cortese a suspended positive of 1,200 euros ($1,300 U.S.) for one more tweet it deemed “physique shaming.” “You do not scare me, Giorgia Meloni. In spite of everything, you are only one.2 metres [4 feet] tall. I am unable to even see you,” Cortese wrote.
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