Moscow3 Aug Vesti. Funerals for Matteo Maestri took place in Italy –…
Moscow3 Aug Vesti. Funerals for Matteo Maestri took place in Italy – a boy who died after 9 years in a coma caused by cheese poisoning.
Consensus
- Matthea Maestri was a 4-year-old boy who fell into a coma after eating raw milk cheese contaminated with E. coli.
- The coma lasted nine years.
- Matthea Maestri died in 2025.
- The infection caused severe complications including brain damage, blindness, and paralysis.
- His father pursued legal action against the dairy company and cheese producer.
- The owner of the cheese factory was convicted of causing serious bodily harm through negligence.
- The case may be reclassified as involuntary manslaughter due to the child's death.
- The father created a foundation to help other children after the legal victory.
Points of divergence
- The boy received artificial nutrition and required round-the-clock medical care. — riamo
- The boy took 47 medications per day in the last months of his life. — riamo
- The boy was diagnosed with hemolytic-uremic syndrome, leading to acute renal failure. — vesti
- The Italian Supreme Court upheld the conviction in March 2025. — vesti
- A large outbreak of intestinal infection occurred in Murom, Vladimir Oblast, in April. — vesti
- The father stated that the boy's death was announced by him directly. — vm
- The father created a foundation and plans to use collected funds to help other children. — vm
Coverage (4 sources)
- In Italy, a boy died nine years after coma following cheese poisoning — РИАМО
- After 9 years in a coma, a boy who ate cheese from raw milk died — Вести
- Italian teenager died after nine years in coma caused by a piece of cheese — Вечерняя Москва
- In Italy, a boy was poisoned by cheese, fell into a coma and died nine years later — Москва 24