![]() ![]() “The first thing that we are always looking for is authenticity, and this show has that," said Netflix Vice President of International Originals Kelly Luegenbiehl.When reporters Ken Armstrong and T. One screenwriter, Re Salvador, assured audiences that the series is ultimately “a story about love, not prostitution.” “What you’ve seen is not a chronicle of real life events,” they insisted, but “it’s up to you to draw your conclusions.” “We tried to be as faithful as possible to their conflicts and their choices,” director Andrea De Sica reportedly said at a screening of two “ Baby” episodes. While the NCOSE has pushed back hard against Baby, claiming the series "normalizes child sexual abuse and the sex trafficking of minors as 'prostitution,'" the series creators stand by their product. As of June 2015, 11 clients had received one-year prison sentences and fines. ![]() One of the most high-profile clients was police officer Mauro Floriani, married Italian senator Alessandra Mussolini, and just so happens to be the granddaughter of dictator Benito Mussolini. In his deposition, Ieni confirmed these men knew the girls were underage, considering their youth “was the real draw that helped lure customers.” Ieni was sentenced to 10 years in prison, while Pizzacalla, whose role was to find the clients looking for underage sex, was sentenced to seven. ![]() ![]() Aside from Ieni and Pizzacalla, who set up a two-bedroom apartment for the girls to meet with clients after school, a list of 50 male clients was gathered by police. While prostitution is actually legal in Italy, sex with minors (under the age of 18) is not. At that point, the two were reportedly making 500-600 euros a day (about $570-$680), or 300 euros (around $340) per "performance." The political scandal: On the complete other end of the spectrum, the ring was discovered when Angela's mother called the police over her daughter's mysterious amount of income. Netflix’s Ludovica (Alice Pagani) with her mother (Isabella Ferrari) Francesco Berardinelli/NetflixĪccording to I talian Insider, Agnes' mom was stripped of all parental rights and sentenced to six years in prison. “I wanted a lot of money and I didn’t want to miss out on having on anything,” Angela-both girls were given fake names in the report-said during an interview with investigating prosecutor Christina Macchiusi. According to the Daily Beast, a dozen more girls were involved in the underage prostitution ring, but it "centers on a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old who told investigating prosecutor Cristina Macchiusi that they got into the game by searching 'easy money' on Google." The true story:īack in 2014, it was discovered (thanks to a concerned parent) that two high school girls in the wealthy district of Parioli, Rome were selling their bodies for sex in order to buy luxury products like designer clothes and electronics. But, unlike Élite, Baby has been the subject of massive pushback from the National Center on Sexual Exploitation for "glamorizing" the true story of the 'Baby Squillo' scandal (which roughly translates to baby prostitute). Mostly, the series focusses on Chiara (Benedetta Porcaroli) and Ludovica (Alice Pagani), who turn to high-end prostitution to make money. Similar to the spanish teen soap, Baby is a grime-stained window into the lives of various students who attend an exclusive Roman high school. For those of you who were sucked into the paranoid world of Netflix's Élite, you may find yourself intrigued by its latest foreign language series, Baby. ![]()
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