into an alleged conspiracy plot in October 2008. In April 2009 the public prosecutor of Livorno, Italy, filed a complaint against unknown persons for a "sufficiently proven" conspiracy, but writing that it was not possible to identify the person who sabotaged Baldini, with three possible hypotheses according to the prosecutor being "athletes of another nationality with an interest in getting rid of one of the most dangerous candidates for the title; Andrea Cassarà [summoned to the Olympics in his place]; or a Cassarà / Coni family political plot". Baldini said "Let's say that it is certainly one of the three." In April 2009 he was given a retroactive six-month ban by the FIE international federation and stripped of his European Championships team foil gold medal, subject to approval by the World Anti-Doping Agency. On 10 April 2009 the International Fencing Federation, also taking into account the conclusions of ordinary justice, recognizes the good faith of the athlete and the alleged sabotage of his water bottle, and allows him to return to the piste after his six-month ban. The ruling meant that both he and his Italian teammates forfeited their gold medals in team foil at the European Championships, and their gold medals were given to the Polish foil fencers; monetary prizes were also redistributed. Baldini, together with Gazzetta dello Sport journalist Marisa Poli, will write a book about it, entitled "Beijing: The Forbidden City". Back in the middle of 2009 season, in just six months, Baldini regained his first place in the world ranking, winning two World Cup events, individual and team gold at the European Championships in Plovdiv, and individual and team gold at World Championships in Antalya, Turkey. On the podium, it displays an Italian flag with Bob Dylan's text "The Hurricane" written on it. He become the only foil fencer in history to obtain four gold medals and the final victory in the World Cup in the same season. 2010-present; Olympic gold The following season, 2010, he repeated the success at the European Championships in Leipzig obtaining again a gold medal at individual and team event. On the following season he won the World Cup in Seoul, and repeats the success at the following one held in St. Petersburg. In June 2011 he got the team gold at the European Championships in Sheffield and bronze in the individual event. On 31 July 2012, Baldini participated at his