Italian fashion influencer Chiara Ferragni has been acquitted of aggravated fraud charges, bringing to an end a two-year controversy over the promotion of charity-linked Christmas cakes and Easter eggs. A Milan court cleared Ferragni and two co-defendants after a fast-track trial, rejecting prosecutors’ claims that consumers had been deliberately misled. Conviction could
Italian influencer Chiara Ferragni, known for her nearly 30 million Instagram followers, has issued an apology for a misleading promotion involving a “designer” pink pandoro Christmas cake. The AGCM antitrust authority fined Ferragni €1.075 million for falsely claiming that sales of the cake would contribute to a children’s hospital in Turin. The watchdog
Italian TV presenter Andrea Giambruno, who is in a relationship with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, has faced criticism for seemingly suggesting that young women could avoid rape by not getting drunk. Giambruno made these comments in the context of recent gang rape incidents in Italy, including one involving seven men accused of gang-raping a teenager […]


