Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is reportedly suing the lead singer of Placebo after he referred to as her a "fascist, racist" at a gig final month.

Brian Molko launched right into a rant in Italian about Ms Meloni, who leads the far-right Brothers of Italy get together, on stage on the Sonic Park competition in Turin.

Speaking in entrance of round 5,000 followers, the frontman of the choice rock band referred to as the prime minister a "piece of s***" and described her as "fascist, racist".

His remarks prompted cheers from the viewers.

Prosecutors in Turin formally opened an investigation into Molko for "contempt of the institutions" following the outburst.

He might be fined as much as €5,000 (£4,300) if convicted.

Ms Meloni's legal professionals have now taken authorized motion and filed a lawsuit for defamation, Italian news outlet La Stampa reported.

Meloni has filed different defamation lawsuits

The prime minister leads Italy's first far-right authorities because the finish of the Second World War and is the primary girl to carry the place of prime minister within the nation.

She has already filed a defamation lawsuit towards journalist Roberto Saviano, writer of Gomorrah, who referred to as her a "b******" throughout a TV interview in 2020 due to her anti-immigration insurance policies.

She additionally filed a defamation lawsuit towards the newspaper Domani after it accused her of serving to an MP from her personal get together win a authorities contract to obtain face masks in the course of the pandemic.