The tourist who was filmed apparently carving his name into a wall of Rome’s 2,000-year-old Colosseum late last month has sent a letter of apology to the local prosecutor’s office, his defense lawyer told CNN on Thursday.
“I admit with the deepest embarrassment that only after what regrettably happened, I learned of the antiquity of the monument,” the alleged perpetrator wrote in his letter to the prosecutor, his lawyer, Alexandro Maria Tirelli, told CNN. The tourist’s name is Ivan Dimitrov, his lawyer told CNN.
The guy carved his real name into the facade, filmed himself doing it, and posted it to social media.
This is what lawyers refer to as “res ipsa loquitur” or loosely translated to “the thing speaks for itself”. Let the video play in court and case closed.
Got to love how these idiots just make it so easy. Hope the courts throw the book at him with maximum penalties.