Italian PM Meloni, sister sue rock band, cartoonist

ROME, Aug 04 (AFP): Italian far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her sister Arianna Meloni both filed defamation suits this week, the former against British rock band Placebo, the latter against a newspaper cartoonist.
Meloni, founder and head of the post-fascist Brothers of Italy party, is suing Placebo frontman Brian Molko after he called her "racist", "fascist" and a "piece of shit" during a performance in Italy in July.
Meloni's older sister Arianna, who may run in next year's European parliament elections for Brothers of Italy according to media reports, is suing the cartoonist for the left-wing Fatto Quotidiano daily.
Mario Natangelo published his cartoon and a partial copy of the police report on Instagram Friday.