Beppe Grillo Gets One Year Jail Sentence, 50k fine for "Defamation"

``What is particularly noteworthy though is that according to several press reports, the prosecution actually asked "only" for a fine of 6,000 euro. It was the judge who unilaterally transformed this request into a suspended one year jail sentence and fines of more than 50,000 euro in total. Naturally one has to wonder what precisely motivated this decision. Would anyone other than Beppe Grillo have faced such a harsh verdict? We rather doubt it.''