Italy's Eurovision song winner tests negative for drugs

Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest say the lead singer of Italian glam rock band Maneskin has tested negative for drug use

ROME -- Eurovision Song Contest organizers said Monday that the lead singer of Italian glam rock band Maneskin tested negative for drug use, putting to an end speculation that had tarnished the band’s victory. “We consider the matter closed,” the European Brodcasting Union, which produces the annual kitsch-filled song festival, said in a statement. EBU said it came to the conclusion after it reviewed all the available footage of the TV broadcast Saturday night and saw the negative results of Maneskin singer Damiano David’s voluntarily drug test. Rumors had swirled on social media — and were raised at a Eurovision news conference — that David had snorted cocaine when he was seen leaning awkwardly over a table during the live TV broadcast. David immediately rejected the claim, saying he never uses drugs and that he was leaning over because his guitarist had broken a glass.