Actor from 'Mare Fuori' arrested for damaging parked cars in Milan
Artem Tkachuk plays Pino 'o pazzo' in the TV series
Artem Tkachuk stopped at Rho: kicking cars and insulting officers
Artem Tkachuk, the 25-year-old Italian-Ukrainian actor known for the role of Pino 'o pazzo' in the RAI series Mare Fuori, was arrested overnight at Rho, a municipality on the outskirts of Milan, according to ANSA Cronaca.
Together with three friends aged 18, 22 and 24, Tkachuk kicked four parked cars, damaging them. When police units from the local police station arrived, the 25-year-old insulted and threatened the officers with phrases such as "now I'll smash you up" and "I'll buy you all". He was arrested for aggravated property damage — as were his three companions — and separately charged with threats against a public official.
This morning, at the conclusion of the immediate trial hearing in Milan, the judge upheld the arrest but decided not to apply any precautionary measures against the actor. Tkachuk was released.
This is not the first judicial episode involving the young man. On 17 September last year, at the Ospedale Vecchio Pellegrini in Naples, he was charged with resistance to a public official, property damage and interruption of a public service, after losing control in a state of agitation.
Previously, in April 2019, when he was just 18 years old, Tkachuk was attacked and stabbed in Via Calabritto in Naples. The actor had also appeared in the film La Paranza dei Bambini, which a few months earlier had won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
Source: ANSA Cronaca