Lucrezia Ciotti For Chiara Balistreri, the end of a relationship did not mean the end of fear. According to the prosecution, the ex fiance Gabriel Costantin would have transformed his life into a nightmare made of intimidation, stalking and psychological violence. Now justice is taking its course: on June 11, the stalking trial against the man began, under the presidency of judge Sandro Pecorella.
Chiara Balistreri's video denunciation on social media
The video that Chiara Balistreri had shared publicly dates back to an extremely delicate period of his personal story: at that time Gabriel Costantin, arrested after more than two years of being untraceable between Germany and Romania, had escaped from house arrest. The film, full of tension and pain, quickly gained wide media coverage, helping to transform the young woman into a point of reference for many women victims of violence.
“I’ll find you and kill you”: the stalking trial of Chiara Balistreri’s ex-boyfriend begins
The criminal proceedings for stalking against Gabriel Costantin have started on June 11th before Judge Sandro Pecorella. The defendant obtained admission to the conditional abbreviated trial, while the injured party, Chiara Balistreri, has constituted itself as a civil party through the lawyer Francesco Murru. next hearing, focused on the final discussions, has been scheduled for the November 10.
According to the prosecution's reconstruction, Costantin allegedly bombarded his ex-partner with hundreds of messages and videos, often containing heavy insults and death threats. On several occasions he would have offended her with denigrating epithets, and in some videos published on TikTok he would have proclaimed his innocence, claiming that to have been a victim of persecution, so much so that he had to leave the country.
In addition to the crime of stalking, Costantin has already received a definitive sentence of six years and three months of imprisonment for personal injury and mistreatmentHe is currently being held in Ferrara prison.
In the courtroom, Chiara Balistreri's lawyer reported how his client had lived a real nightmare:
“She was beaten with a leash, her nose was broken. If his parents hadn't intervened, we would be talking about a femicide".