Harassed on live TV while she was doing her job in the post match of the Empoli-Fiorentina match.
It happened yesterday afternoon in front of the Castellani stadium: the victim was a journalist from the Tuscany TV regional broadcaster, Greta Beccaglia. The reporter was in direct connection with the studio when one of the passing fans touched her backside. “Don't be mad,” the colleague in the studio told her.
At that point, Beccaglia - albeit frozen from the harassment just suffered - tried to go ahead with the connection. With immense effort, since even later she was subjected to other verbal harassment and groping. A real target.
While investigations are underway by the Empoli police station, through witnesses and video surveillance images, to track down the person responsible for the harassment, the world of journalism and not only stands up in defense of Beccaglia.
THE REACTIONS - The Tuscan Press Association and the Tuscan Group of Sports Journalists-Ussi expressed disconcert: "It is intolerable - says the president of Ast, Sandro Bennucci - that episodes of sexist harassment occur around a sporting event against those is doing its job, right after the day when everyone expressed their commitment against violence against women. The Fnsi Equal Opportunities Commission has been referred to the affair ".
Cpo Fnsi, Cpo Usigrai and GiULiA journalists also criticize the reaction of the colleague in the studio, Giorgio Micheletti: "Harassed live. But the show continues. It happened to the colleague of Toscana Tv, Greta Beccaglia, groped by a fan while she is collecting interviews at the 'outside the' Castellani 'stadium in Empoli, after the derby with Fiorentina. The conductor in the studio, Giorgio Micheletti, instead of stigmatizing the episode, invites the reporter to' not take it ', providing a justification for a sexist act and belittling towards her colleague. With great professionalism, Greta Beccaglia carries on the live broadcast even though she finds herself in a sort of infernal circle in which verbal and physical harassment continues. Only after the second episode of groping, the conductor in the studio understands the gravity of the situation and closes the connection, allowing it to 'react'. "
Fiorentina also showed themselves close to Beccaglia. The club owned by Rocco Commisso has announced that he has contacted her privately to show his moral support.
THE COMMENT - "What happened to me is something that is not acceptable and should not be repeated - commented Greta Beccaglia -. It was recorded live on TV because I was at work. But unfortunately, as we know, such harassment they happen to other women with the cameras off, that is without anyone knowing. It cannot and must not happen, especially since the players took the field showing the symbol of the Day against violence against women ".
"I am receiving many messages of solidarity from fans and ordinary people, but also from well-known personalities who have a very important influence on public opinion and this is a very positive general reaction", he adds, however "events like this one. they must never happen again. "
(Unioneonline / D)