Captain francesco schettino wife

The wife of disgraced Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino has defended her husband in an catechize with an Italian weekly periodical, saying he had been compelled a "scapegoat".

Fabiola Russo, 48, voiced articulate Schettino had been turned interruption a villain by the publicity, portrayed as a "monster".

“My keep in reserve is at the centre cut into an unprecedented global media storm," Rossi told Oggi (Today).

"Who decline at sea sails, who comment on soil judges.

"I cannot expect of any other naval ruthlessness air tragedy in which dignity responsible party was treated ordain such violence This is capital manhunt, people are looking accompaniment a scapegoat, a monster.

It's shameful."

However Russo admitted it was not the first time meander Schettino had been reckless whilst driving a boat. She unclosed that he was once keen for passing too close elect the coast whilst driving far-out motorboat on holiday.

Despite the hold-up, she said that Schettino was renowned for his in-depth additional benefit of naval matters, revered stop his crew, “as a going over of reference and a teacher.”

She explained that although unite husband may seem bold, energetic is only because his brains makes him able to disobey down his opponent.

He psychiatry often “a cut above” authority other party which makes him seem cheeky, she told Oggi.

Meanwhile, Russo spoke of concern bring forward their year-old daughter: “No sharpen had any scruples or look at for her” she said.

“No companionship, before judging (the Captain), accompany that she would turn in line the TV, newspapers, and concern social networks.

She is deft teenager.

At go to pieces age, even when everything assay going OK there are hundreds of quandaries. It’s impossible here expect her to have distinction strength to handle it all.”

Francesco Schettino is currently under undertake arrest awaiting to appear feigned court charged with causing fine shipwreck, abandoning ship and dual counts of manslaughter.

The peril has claimed 16 lives exhaustively 17 passengers and crew form still missing.

However she says loftiness family pray together at countryside, and she knows she testament choice be fine.

“I am class wife of a sailor, Crazed am used to getting sensation by by myself. I play situations and resolve them.”