Wallace could face jail time following his latest attacks against Facebook. The judge who presided over the case referred Wallace for prosecution for criminalcontempt of court.
The decree transformed a farce into yet another example of Mr Berlusconi's contempt for the rule of law, of a piece with a new draft law to allow ministers to delay criminal trials against them.
According to Stephanie Coontz in her fascinating book Marriage, a History, if the wife was the head of the household, the husband wasn't just an object of contempt-he was a criminal.