Automated Summary
Key Facts
Following a decree by the Perugia Court of Appeal on 7 May 2025, Donatella Valente appealed to the Corte di Cassazione seeking revocation of the preventive confiscation of assets (real estate and financial) that were formally in her name but linked to her husband Luigi Tancredi. The Corte di Cassazione declared the appeal inadmissible on 11 December 2025.
Issues
The court addressed whether the cassation appeal for revocation of preventive confiscation and the request for suspension of the eviction order were admissible under Italian law. The court ruled that cassation appeals in preventive proceedings are only admissible for violation of law, and since the appeal did not clearly establish such a violation, it was declared inadmissible.
Holdings
The Corte di Cassazione (Supreme Court of Italy) declared the appeal and the application for suspension inadmissible. The court ordered the appellant, Donatella Valente, to pay the procedural costs and a sum of three thousand euros (€3,000) to the Fine Fund. The decision was made on December 11, 2025, regarding a case involving the revocation of a preventive confiscation order.
Remedies
The court declared the appeal inadmissible and ordered the appellant to pay court costs and a penalty of 3000 euros to the Cassa delle ammende. This decision was part of the judgment rejecting the cassation appeal and the suspension request.
Monetary Damages
3000.00
Legal Principles
In preventive proceedings, cassation is limited to violations of law as per Article 28 of D.Lgs. n. 159/2011, restricting appeals to legal errors rather than factual or evidentiary disputes.
Precedent Name
- Isaia c. Italia
- Corte di Appello di Catania
Cited Statute
- Decree Law 92/2008
- Penal Procedure Code
- Legislative Decree 159/2011
Judge Name
- Tripiccione Debora
- Fidelbo Giorgio
Passage Text
- Dichiara inammissibile il ricorso nonché l'istanza di sospensione proposta e condanna la ricorrente al pagamento delle spese processuali e della somma di euro tremila in favore della Cassa delle ammende.
- L'art. 28 d.lgs. n. 159 del 2011 individua tre ipotesi in cui può essere richiesta la revocazione della decisione definitiva di confisca...
- Il ricorso e l'istanza di sospensione vanno dichiarati inammissibili per le ragioni di seguito esposte.