The first hearing of the trial in which the former correspondent of "Striscia la Notizia" Cristian Cocco is accused of extortion has been postponed to 14 July.
The panel of judges of the court of Oristano found that the charge constitutes simple, non-aggravated extortion and referred the decision to the monocratic judge.
Cocco had been accused by his operator, Massimo Antonio Aversano, of forcing him under threat to share with him the fees received from Mediaset for the creation and editing of the services. According to the complaint, the envoy allegedly withheld 62 thousand euros for himself over four years.
