Last modified on Thu 27 May 2021 14.00 EDT
The European court of human rights has condemned an Italian court for âreproducing sexist stereotypesâ after it referred to a womanâs red underwear and bisexuality as signs of her âambivalent attitude towards sexâ when acquitting six men accused of gang-rape.
The case dates back to 2008, when the woman, a student, 22 at the time, claimed she had been raped by seven men in Florence.
Six of the men were convicted of rape after an initial trial before having their convictions overturned by an appeals court in Florence in 2015.
In its ruling, the Florence court cited inconsistencies in the womanâs story.