Giacomo Medici Via Castel secco 40 00058 Santa Marinella (RM) gmecl [email protected] S ubj ect: Medici Arc hi ve Dear Professor, To the kind attenti on of Dr . C hri stos Ts irogiannis FYI Ph oenix Ancient A rt , Geneva FYI Phoenix Ancie nt A rt , New Yo rk FYI C hri sties, London FYI C hri sties, New York FYI Sothcby's, London FYI Sothcby's, New Yo rk It has been a long time now that you have been alerting th e art wo rl d in an illicit and fal se manner. You should not be proud of this! Spreading fa lse news is a crime! This is a formal notice to ask you to stop this behavio ur. The next time you in fo rm th e public opinion of unfounded news I wi ll immediately ask my lawyer to take legal ac ti on against you to seek co mpensati on fo r what you have stated. I ask th at you accept and respect the rulings of the judges, just as I have and am. The th ousands of photos th at were se ized in Geneva in 1995 made up a tt adun ent "A" of the co un ts of indictment, subsequently known as the "Medici Archiv e". Now, in three courts of judgment, judges have ruled that o nl y for a sma ll part of th ese photos does any guilt exist, while all the rest of the archi ve received a jud gmcnt of acq uitt al with the fo rmul a, " becau se the fact docs not exist". I wish to under li ne the fact th at the judgment of the co urt of Rome, i ssued by Dr. Gug li e lmo Munto ni on 13 Dece mber 2004, was one of acquittal for a lmost all th e photos. An appeal was made against this j ud gment of acquittal by Public Prosecutor Dr. Giorgio Paolo Ferri, who intense ly sought my convic ti on before the Co urt of Appea l. We ll now, even the Co urt of Appeal confirmed th e judgment of acquittal that had been issued by th e Co urt of Rome. Accordingly, fo ll ow ing my request, on 6 June 201 1 (Attachment 1) th e Court of Appeal of Rome, chaired by Judge Dr. Luca, o rd ered the r et urn of a ll th e ph otos of th e Medici arc hive for whi ch a judgment of acq ui ttal had been i ssued. The Ca rabini eri of th e Art istic Herit age of Rom e were appointed to oversee the archi ve's release from seizure. Marshal Salvatore Morando was responsibl e for the report of th e release from se izure on 27 J un e 201 1 (Attachment 2). I have set out the above to make it clear that no one has the right to use the photos of my arc hi ve without my permi ssion, especia ll y when the purpose of their use is to make be li eve that the objects depicted in them are of an illicit provenance ! This is false! The judg ment, by three diff erent courts, and which is final, has established exac tl y the opposite. As further confirmation of th is, and aga in confirming the Order of the Court of Appeal, the Ca rabini eri of th e Art istic He rita ge of Rom e have cancell ed the photos of th e Medi ci Arc hi ve fo r whi ch aj udgment of acquittal was issued (A tt achm ent 3) from their da tabase.