LOS ANGELES (AP) - J. Paul Getty Museum officials say they told an Italian lawmaker they couldn’t forge an agreement with him over a disputed bronze statue because its future is tied up in Italian courts.
Getty spokesman Ron Hartwig said Monday he and two curators met Friday with Gian (jon) Mario Spacca and four others from a central Italian region.
Spacca proposed an antiquities sharing agreement that would include the “Getty Bronze,” also known as “Victorious Youth.” Hartwig says they stopped the discussion before Spacca got to details on ownership.
The bronze was not part of a 2007 pact in which Getty returned 40 looted or stolen items to Italy.
Spacca plans a news conference in Los Angeles later Monday to present his plan.
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