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On 20 July 2026 the The municipality of Grosseto clarified reiterated on 20 July 2026 that the council’s its council resolution only set public‑interest guidelines for a mediation procedure concerning the Roselle sports centre, stressing that no sanction, without imposing sanctions, renewing the concession renewal, or intrusion on infringing council competencies would occur, and outlining an powers. The proposed addendum requiring would require the concessionaire to pay a monthly amount covering cover the municipal loan, provide a twelve‑month bank guarantee, submit a new economic‑financial plan and waive compensation claims. A week later, on On 30 July 2026 the Guardia di Finanza opened a criminal investigation after a forged guarantee was discovered in the agreement. The municipality filed a agreement, prompting fraud complaint, complaints from the municipality and the local football club US Grosseto also lodged a complaint, alleging deception by a broker that supplied the falsified document. Investigators will determine who prepared the guarantee, how it reached the municipality, and whether the club was involved, while the administrative validity of the original agreement is now under scrutiny. On Grosseto. By 2 August 2026 the municipal administration in Roselle again refuted opposition claims about the guarantee, stating that said the addendum was had never signed and that been signed, the mediation procedure process had been halted before completion. A halted, and a report was filed with the financial police to investigate possible fraud, and the police. The provincial authority of Grosseto also lodged its own a complaint and submitted a new draft guarantee. On 6 August 2026 the province revised its Equality Commission rules to admit participants as young as 16, while the municipal controversy over the guarantee intensified. Opposition councilors criticised the premature signing of the mediation protocol, and the municipality set a 12 August deadline for presenting a valid guarantee after rejecting a draft from an unqualified company.