 At his first press conference on 30 July 1952 on the island of Capri, Farouk took questions in English, French and Italian, maintaining he was now a poor man, though reporters noted he hired Carlo d'Emilio, a Rome lawyer known in Italy as the "king of lawyers", to represent him.D'Emilo found Farouk the Villa Dusmet, a huge estate outside of Rome, which he rented and became his home.In October 1952, Farouk was indicted for treason in Egypt, through no extradition request was filed with the Italian government.