1. Patrizia Reggiani was convicted in a highly publicized trial of hiring a hitman to kill her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci.
10 Facts About Patrizia Reggiani
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When Patrizia was 12, her mother Silvana married wealthy entrepreneur Ferdinando Reggiani, who later adopted Patrizia.
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When she was about 22, Patrizia Reggiani met Maurizio Gucci, heir to the Gucci fashion house, at a party in 1970.
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Gucci's father, Rodolfo Gucci, initially did not approve of the marriage, as he believed Patrizia Reggiani was "a social climber who had nothing in mind but money," but he gifted his son and daughter-in-law with a luxury penthouse in New York's Olympic Tower.
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Patrizia Reggiani became active in New York social circles, making regular appearances at parties and fashion events and even became friends with Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
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The day he was killed, Patrizia Reggiani wrote a single word in her diary:, the Greek word for paradise.
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On 31 January 1997, Patrizia Reggiani was arrested and accused of hiring the hitman who murdered Gucci.
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In 1997, Patrizia Reggiani was sentenced to 29 years in prison for arranging the killing.
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Patrizia Reggiani then asked that her conviction be overturned, claiming a brain tumor had affected her personality.
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In March 2021, Patrizia Reggiani praised the casting of Lady Gaga in the film, saying that she looks like her, but expressed annoyance that Gaga did not meet her before accepting the role.