Richard Gere has agreed to testify against Italy’s far-right former interior minister Matteo Salvini, who is standing trial for refusing to let a Spanish migrant rescue ship dock in an Italian port in 2019.
Last week, lawyers representing Open Arms filed a list of witnesses ready to testify against Salvini, including Gere.
“If someone wants to turn the trial into a show and wants to see Richard Gere, let him go to the cinema, not to a court,” Salvini told the press.
During the standoff, as the ship was anchored off the island of Lampedusa, some people threw themselves overboard in desperation.