Meloni, founder and head of the post-fascist Brothers of Italy party, is suing Placebo frontman Brian Molko after he called her “racist”, “fascist” and a “piece of shit” during a performance in Italy in July.

Meloni’s older sister Arianna, who may run in next year’s European parliament elections for Brothers of Italy according to media reports, is suing the cartoonist for the left-wing Fatto Quotidiano daily.

Mario Natangelo published his cartoon and a partial copy of the police report on Instagram Friday, saying he would not comment on the case.

“I prefer to let my cartoons speak for me. And my lawyers”, he said.

His drawing depicts Arianna Meloni, wife of Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida, in bed with a black man.

Lollobrigida, a close ally of Prime Minister Meloni, sparked outrage in Italy in April by warning against the “ethnic replacement” of Italians by migrants as the country struggles to reverse a Flagging Birth Rate.

In the cartoon, the man asks Meloni, “what about your husband?” To which she replies: “Don’t worry, he spends his days out fighting ethnic replacement”.

The Brothers of Italy party was born out of the post-fascist movement founded by supporters of dictator Benito Mussolini after the Second World War.

PM Meloni won elections last year on a pledge to boost the flagging birth rate and curb sea arrivals in Italy, which has long been a key destination for boats from North Africa to Europe.

She is also suing famed anti-mafia reporter Roberto Saviano for defamation, much to the alarm of press freedom watchdogs.

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