In October 2016, the town council and municipality of Italian commune Amatrice –which was hit by an earthquake with hundreds dead– filed a lawsuit against "Charlie Hebdo" for "aggravated defamation", following publication of a series of cartoons titled 'Earthquake Italian style'. It depicted victims of the earthquake as Italian dishes and their blood as sauce. The trial of this case opened on 9 October 2020 at the Paris court.