The lawyer of Lazio captain Ciro Immobile has released a statement after an attack on the striker.
Immobile, his wife, and their son were physically and verbally attacked over the Rome club’s poor run of form, according to the lawyer.
Lazio are on a run of four defeats, and have exited the Champions League, with coach Maurizio Sarri resigning.
A representative of Immobile claims the media have put pressure on his client.
Responding in a statement, the Italian’s lawyer said: “Ciro Immobile, his wife Jessica and his four-year-old son Mattia were verbally and physically attacked by a group of people in front of their son’s school.
“All this, unfortunately, follows incitement to hatred encouraged by part of the press and journalists through their social networks who spread motives of hatred against Ciro Immobile, reporting facts that do not correspond to reality.
“After this incident, the player asked his lawyers to initiate criminal proceedings against those responsible for this defamation.
“Such statements are seriously defamatory and therefore damaging to his image, both professional and personal, and will be brought to the attention of the competent magistrate.
“Incitement to hatred, especially gratuitous, is a crime which must be punished.”
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