Uni Student Gets Six Years For Persuading Girls He Was The Devil So They Would Have Sex With Him

A university student has been sentenced to six years in prison for heading a Satanic cult in which he persuaded girls to have sex with him by convincing them he was ‘Il Diavolo’ (‘The Devil’).

Matteo Valdambrini, 25, would terrify the girls by persuading them to strangle him and then making it appear as if he had resurrected from the dead, and he would also force them to eat meat he claimed was human flesh.

He was arrested in June last year, and he has now been found guilty of sexual violence against five teenagers, three of whom were aged under 18.

Matteo Valdambrini, 23, (pictured) from Prato, Italy, was sentenced to 6 years in prison on charges of being the head of a sect and having forced his ‘followers’ to undergo sexual acts. (CEN)

Prosecutors claimed there were at least 13 victims, but he was convicted for assaults on only five, with the other eight charges dropped due to lack of evidence. Charges of enslaving his victims were also dropped for the same reason.

The young man, who hails from the comune of Montemurlo in the Italian province of Prato, must now also pay EUR 33,000 (GBP 27,800) in damages to his victims and legal fees.

He has also been banned in perpetuity from holding office or working in institutions mainly attended by minors, such as schools.

Matteo Valdambrini, 23, (pictured) from Prato, Italy, was sentenced to 6 years in prison on charges of being the head of a sect and having forced his ‘followers’ to undergo sexual acts. (CEN)

According to the investigation, the young man convinced his victims he had supernatural powers he could share with them if they consented to him sexually abusing them.

They were told they would end up with vampire- or werewolf-like superpowers, and if that did not work, they were threatened. In one case, one girl was told that unless she had sex with him, her seven-year-old sister and her parents would die.

The abuse mainly took place in the woods and abandoned buildings around the region of Tuscany, and the investigation into the young man began following a complaint filed by a concerned mother.

Matteo Valdambrini, 23, (pictured) from Prato, Italy, was sentenced to 6 years in prison on charges of being the head of a sect and having forced his ‘followers’ to undergo sexual acts. (CEN)

Investigators also revealed how the young man chose his ‘followers’ from vulnerable youths with psychological issues, and he would initiate them into his sect by giving them a ‘vampire bite’ on the arm, drawing blood.

He recruited his victims via social media, first flattering them, telling them they had been ‘chosen’ to save the world, before going on to solicit nude photos and eventually threatening and abusing them.

During the ‘rituals’ in which he sexually abused his victims, he would also force them to inhale incense, causing them to feel queasy and faint. The counts of sexual violence of which he was convicted took place between 2015 and 2019.

Matteo Valdambrini, 23, (pictured) from Prato, Italy, was sentenced to 6 years in prison on charges of being the head of a sect and having forced his ‘followers’ to undergo sexual acts. (@MatteoValdambr/CEN)

It is not clear if the sentence is final and it was not revealed if any of the teenagers were male.