Placebo frontman Brian Molko charged with calling Meloni ‘fascist’ and ‘racist’

<p>The singer is being charged with defamation of the far-right Italian prime minister leader while performing at a festival in Turin in 2023</p><p>Placebo frontman Brian Molko is being charged with defamation after appearing to call the Italian prime minister, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/giorgia-meloni">Giorgia Meloni</a>, a “piece of shit, fascist, racist” in Italian while performing at a festival in Turin in 2023.</p><p>In August 2023, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/italian-pm-giorgia-melon-sues-placebo-singer-brian-molko-for-calling-her-fascist-racist-defamation">Meloni sued Molko over the comments</a>. Prosecutors subsequently opened an investigation into the claims and have charged Molko with “contempt of the institutions”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/18/placebo-frontman-brian-molko-charged-with-defaming-italian-prime-minister-giorgia-meloni">Continue reading...</a>