(NEWSER) – There's a noisy romp between the
sheets and then there's sex so loud it's
considered "stalking" your neighbors. That was
the charge a 46-year-old Italian man
apparently faced in court, after a dozen of his
neighbors filed a civil suit complaining of his
loud lovemaking sessions. They took issue with
"screams and moans" that "disturbed the
peace in the condominium and the building's
decorum," the Local reports. Some translations
of the local report on the case, like this one
from the New York Daily News, indicate it was
actually his girlfriend's screams that those in
the building found so offensive.
The 42-year-old reportedly tried to convince
the judge that "stalking" and "noise" weren't
the same thing, and apparently claimed that he
can't help that he's "too good at sex." But for
all his (noisy?) protestations, he ended up with
a six-month jail sentence, which he plans to
appeal. Believe it or not, this isn't the first
time noisy sex has resulted in a conviction.
(Nor is it the only unusual sex-related case to
be heard in Italian courts recently.)
