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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa062.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a37372733/house-of-gucci-true-story/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a37372733/house-of-gucci-true-story/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/entertainment\/tv-movies\/a37372733\/house-of-gucci-true-story\/","crawl_time":1775391674,"first_indexed_time":1632436165,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,oprahdaily!www,\/entertainment\/tv-movies\/a37372733\/house-of-gucci-true-story\/ s443","src_root_hash":"3856183050136461862","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"The True Story Behind 'House of Gucci': Maurizio Gucci & Patrizia Reggiani","meta_descriptions":["In the 1990s socialite Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) arranged the murder of her ex-husband and Gucci fashion house heir, Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver)."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Three years after earning an Oscar for\nA Star Is Born,\nLady Gaga will be back in theaters this fall, starring in Ridley Scott's crime drama,\nThe House of Gucci\n.\nAlongside Adam Driver (Maurizio Gucci), Al Pacino (Aldo Gucci), Jared Ledo (Paolo Gucci), and Salma Hayek (Pina Auriemma) she'll be unraveling the unbelievable tale of Patrizia \"Black Widow\" Reggiani.\nIn the 1990s, the infamous socialite was convicted of arranging the assassination of her ex-husband and Gucci fashion house heir, Maurizio Gucci. The scandalous case created the trial of the century in Italy. Before\nThe House of Gucci\nhits theaters on November 24,\nwe're delving into the true story behind these events.\nFabio Lovino\/MGM and Universal\nFirst, who are Maurizio Gucci and Patrizia Reggiani?\nMaurizio was the grandson of House of Gucci founder, Guccio Gucci, while Reggiani was an Italian socialite and daughter of a trucking magnate. They met at a party in Milan and were married in 1972 when both were 24 years old. They'd go on to have two daughters, Allegra and Alessandra.\nFor over a decade, the pair seemed to live in marital bliss, with their luxurious lifestyle making them favorites of the Italian press. As one of the original celebrity couples,\nBritish Vogue\nreports\nthat when they'd visit New York City, they were chauffeured around in a car with the license plate \"Mauizia,\" a combination of their names. They owned private islands and properties in various locations across the world including Saint Moritz, Connecticut, and Acapulco. And Reggiani, who\nThe Guardian says\nwas known in elite circles as the “Liz Taylor of luxury labels,\" would host extravagant themed parties attended by the Kennedys.\nDel Puppo\/Fotogramma\n“Maurizio felt free with me. We had fun, we were a team,” Reggiani told the U.K. newspaper in 2016. \"We were a beautiful couple and we had a beautiful life, of course.”\nBut their relationship took a turn for the worse in 1983 when Maurizio's father, actor Rodolfo Gucci, died. At the time, Maurizio inherited 50 percent stake in the family company and became its chairman. Reggiani highly disapproved of her husband's poor business decisions, which included buying out his family's board seats for a reported $135 million via Bahrain-based investment banking firm, Investcorp,\naccording to Forbes.\n“Maurizio got crazy,\" she told The Guardian. \"Until then I was his chief adviser about all Gucci matters. But he wanted to be the best, and he stopped listening to me... I was angry with Maurizio about many, many things at that time. But above all, this. Losing the family business. It was stupid. It was a failure. I was filled with rage, but there was nothing I could do.”\nAfter claiming to be going away on a business trip, Maurizio left Reggiani in 1985. As the head of Gucci, he'd go on to lose the company millions. By 1993, he was forced to sell his shares of the business to Investcorp for $120m, The Guardian reported. He also had a new live-in girlfriend, interior designer Paola Franchi.\nIn 1994, Reggiani received a divorce settlement that would net her $1 million a year (a decade after they split) but she was publicly still extremely resentful of her ex.\nForbes reported that at the time she said to the press: \"He recently told me: ‘Do you know why our marriage failed? Because you fancied yourself the president, and here there is only one president.’”\nHow was Maurizio Gucci killed?\nErin Combs\nMaurizio Gucci\nIpa\/Shutterstock\nPatrizia Gucci\nOn the morning of March 27, 1995, Maurizio was fatally shot three times on the steps of his private office in Milan. The tragedy was deemed an assassination, and due to Maurizio's high profile, authorities had various theories about the killer's identity and motives.\nA clear suspect was Reggiani, who was vocal about her disdain for her estranged husband and wanting to see him dead. \"'I was furious with Maurizio,\" she said in the 2021 documentary,\nLady Gucci: The Story of Patrizia Reggiani\n.\n\"I went around asking everyone, even the local grocer, is there someone who has the courage to murder my husband? I can’t aim a gun very well—I couldn’t have done it myself.'\"\nHowever, without any valid evidence, police were unable to charge anyone. It wasn't until two years later in January 1997 that Italian police received an anonymous tip that sparked their investigation into Reggiani. They soon discovered that Reggiani colluded with her friend and psychic, Pina Auriemma, and seemingly agreed to pay Auriemma 600 million lire ($365,000) in exchange for having Maurizio killed, according to Forbes.\nAuriemma then got in touch with an acquaintance, hotel night porter Ivano Savioni, for his help. Savioni then brought the matter to Orazio Cicala, who found the killer, Benedetto Ceraulo. The culprits, in addition to Reggiani, were discovered by authorities when an undercover police officer recorded a call with them all in which he posed as a hitman threatening Reggiani to pay the rest of the money she owed the group. On January 31, 1997, all five were arrested and charged with premeditated murder in connection to Maurizio's assassination.\nThroughout the trial, Reggiani was called \"Black Widow\" by the media.\nOf course, Reggiani's arrest and connection to her husband's murder set off a media firestorm. Dubbed, the \"Black Widow,\" the sensational 1998 trial was highlighted by Reggiani's unapologetic and colorful personality. Prosecutors alleged she was motivated by greed and jealousy of her ex's new partner, Franchi.\nAresu\/Fotogramma\nAs for the evidence stacked against Lady Gucci? There were the witnesses that attested to Reggiani asking around town for a hitman and a damning one-word entry in her Cartier diary the day Maurizio was killed: “Paradeisos,” Greek for \"paradise.\"\n\"I think that Patrizia was bothered above all that she couldn’t call herself a Gucci any more,\" Franchi said in court,\naccording to the AP.\nHowever throughout the trial, Reggiani denied directly ordering Maurizio's assassination. Instead, her lawyers insisted that Auriemma blackmailed and framed her for a payout—though Reggiani contradicted herself in court by saying, \"It was worth every lira.\" Her lawyers also argued that a brain tumor Reggiani underwent surgery for in 1992, impaired the socialite, rendering her incapable of planning the crime.\n\"In Pina’s eyes, Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli was a golden cow, to be milked for money,\"\nthey said.\nReggiani said on the TV show\nStorie Maledette\n, “I have to admit that for a time, I truly wanted to get rid of him. I wanted to do it and so I was going around asking for people to do it. But my intentions ended there—a mere obsession, a mere desire. What wife has never said, ‘I’d kill that guy?’”\nFollowing a five month trial, Reggiani and the rest of her co-conspirators were convicted of premeditated murder. She\nwas sentenced to 29 years\nin prison.\nWhere is Reggiani now?\nWENN US\/Alamy\nShe was placed in Milan's San Vittore prison, where she was allowed one special privilege negotiated by her lawyer. “I think I am a very strong person because I survived all these years in captivity,” she told The Guardian. “I slept a lot. I took care of my plants. I looked after Bambi, my pet ferret.” (Side note: Bambi was killed after being sat on by a fellow inmate.)\nIn 2011, Reggiani had a chance of early release after being offered parole on the condition of finding a job. In her opinion at the time, the idea of being employed was blasphemous. She reportedly told her lawyer, \"I’ve never worked in my life and I don’t intend to start now.”\nBy 2014 she agreed to the terms and was released after 16 years in prison. She was first seen shopping in one of Milan's most popular streets, donning oversized glasses and toting her pet macaw on her shoulder.\n“I dream of returning to Gucci. I still feel like a Gucci—in fact, the most Gucci of all,” she\ntold the Italian press\n. \"I have the qualifications; for years I went shopping around the world. I came from the world of jewels, and it is to that world that I want to return.”\nUnderstandably, Gucci was not receptive to her public job application. Instead she began working as a design consultant for Bozart, a costume jewelry firm. However, she remarked to The Guardian in 2014 that she was unsatisfied with the wardrobe she'd now been subject to. At the time she said the relationship with her daughters was strained, as they had cut her off from the the fortune they inherited from Maurizio.\n\"It's Zara,\" she said referring to her dress. \"I don’t earn enough at this place to buy proper clothes.\"\nIn subsequent years, the 72-year-old has given sporadic interviews about the case. Most recently, in March 2021, she\ntold Italian news outlet, Ansa,\nthat she was happy with Lady Gaga's casting in\nThe House of Gucci\n, but did have one complaint. \"I’m annoyed by the fact that Lady Gaga is portraying me in the new Ridley Scott film without even having the courtesy or the good sense to come and meet me. It’s nothing to do with money because I won’t be taking a single cent from the film. It’s about common sense and respect. I say this with all the sympathy and appreciation that I have for her.\"\nThe Gucci family does not approve of the Ridley Scott film.\nFabio Lovino\nNow, when taking into account Maurizio's surviving family members, they aren't particularly happy about the upcoming movie. His second cousin,\nPatrizia Gucci, told the AP\nthat she's reached out to Scott’s wife, Giannina Facio, but has not gotten a response.\n“We are truly disappointed. I speak on behalf of the family,” she said. “They are stealing the identity of a family to make a profit, to increase the income of the Hollywood system... Our family has an identity, privacy. We can talk about everything, but there is a borderline that cannot be crossed.”\nAs for her more superficial complaints? For one, she thinks that Jared Leto's casting as Paolo Gucci is \"Horrible, horrible.\" But that's not all.\n\"My grandfather was a very handsome man, like all the Guccis, and very tall, blue eyes and very elegant,\" she said. \"He is being played by Al Pacino, who is not very tall already, and this photo shows him as fat, short, with sideburns, really ugly. Shameful, because he doesn’t resemble him at all.\"\nNow 47% Off\nAnd there's more Gucci drama where that came from.\nIf you can't quite wait for\nThe House of Gucci\ndrama and would like to dive into all of the chaos Patrizia Reggiani has to offer, we have options. First, the film is adapted from the 2000 book by Sara Gay Forden,\nThe House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed\n.\nThere's also the 2021 documentary featuring interviews with Reggiani,\nLady Gucci\nand 1997's\nFashion Victim: The Last of the Gucci\ns.\nWatch \"Lady Gucci\" Now\nWatch \"Fashion Victim\" Now\nMcKenzie Jean-Philippe is the editorial assistant at\nOprahMag.com\ncovering pop culture, TV, movies, celebrity, and lifestyle. She loves a great Oprah viral moment and all things Netflix—but come summertime,\nBig Brother\nhas her heart. 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We may earn commission from the links on this page.\n\nThree years after earning an Oscar for *A Star Is Born,* Lady Gaga will be back in theaters this fall, starring in Ridley Scott's crime drama, *The House of Gucci*.\n\nAlongside Adam Driver (Maurizio Gucci), Al Pacino (Aldo Gucci), Jared Ledo (Paolo Gucci), and Salma Hayek (Pina Auriemma) she'll be unraveling the unbelievable tale of Patrizia \"Black Widow\" Reggiani.\n\nIn the 1990s, the infamous socialite was convicted of arranging the assassination of her ex-husband and Gucci fashion house heir, Maurizio Gucci. The scandalous case created the trial of the century in Italy. Before *The House of Gucci* hits theaters on November 24, we're delving into the true story behind these events.\n\n![adam driver maurizio gucci and lady gaga patrizia reggiani in house of guccisignore e signora gucci houseofgucci a film about the tumultuous gucci family fashion dynasty and the murder of founder guccio gucci’s grandson maurizio guccidirector ridley scottcast lady gaga, adam driver, al pacino, jeremy irons, jared leto, jack huston](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/house-of-gucci-gucci-3090-rgb-1629837165.jpg?crop=0.668xw:1.00xh;0.194xw,0&resize=980:*)\n\nFabio Lovino\/MGM and Universal\n## First, who are Maurizio Gucci and Patrizia Reggiani?\nMaurizio was the grandson of House of Gucci founder, Guccio Gucci, while Reggiani was an Italian socialite and daughter of a trucking magnate. They met at a party in Milan and were married in 1972 when both were 24 years old. They'd go on to have two daughters, Allegra and Alessandra.\n\nFor over a decade, the pair seemed to live in marital bliss, with their luxurious lifestyle making them favorites of the Italian press. As one of the original celebrity couples, [*British Vogue* reports](https:\/\/www.vogue.co.uk\/arts-and-lifestyle\/article\/patrizia-reggiani) that when they'd visit New York City, they were chauffeured around in a car with the license plate \"Mauizia,\" a combination of their names. They owned private islands and properties in various locations across the world including Saint Moritz, Connecticut, and Acapulco. And Reggiani, who [The Guardian says](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/2016\/jul\/24\/the-gucci-wife-and-the-hitman-fashions-darkest-tale) was known in elite circles as the “Liz Taylor of luxury labels,\" would host extravagant themed parties attended by the Kennedys.\n\n![italy may1972maurizio gucci and his wife patrizia reggiani credit image Â© del puppofotogrammaropi via zuma press](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/20170210-zaf-r103-008-1629837214.jpg?crop=0.832xw:1.00xh;0.0102xw,0&resize=980:*)\n\nDel Puppo\/Fotogramma\n\n“Maurizio felt free with me. We had fun, we were a team,” Reggiani told the U.K. newspaper in 2016. \"We were a beautiful couple and we had a beautiful life, of course.”\n\nBut their relationship took a turn for the worse in 1983 when Maurizio's father, actor Rodolfo Gucci, died. At the time, Maurizio inherited 50 percent stake in the family company and became its chairman. Reggiani highly disapproved of her husband's poor business decisions, which included buying out his family's board seats for a reported \\$135 million via Bahrain-based investment banking firm, Investcorp, [according to Forbes.](https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/sofialottopersio\/2019\/12\/20\/murder-in-the-house-of-gucci\/?sh=2b751b9df0a6)\n\n“Maurizio got crazy,\" she told The Guardian. \"Until then I was his chief adviser about all Gucci matters. But he wanted to be the best, and he stopped listening to me... I was angry with Maurizio about many, many things at that time. But above all, this. Losing the family business. It was stupid. It was a failure. I was filled with rage, but there was nothing I could do.”\n\nAfter claiming to be going away on a business trip, Maurizio left Reggiani in 1985. As the head of Gucci, he'd go on to lose the company millions. By 1993, he was forced to sell his shares of the business to Investcorp for \\$120m, The Guardian reported. He also had a new live-in girlfriend, interior designer Paola Franchi.\n\nIn 1994, Reggiani received a divorce settlement that would net her \\$1 million a year (a decade after they split) but she was publicly still extremely resentful of her ex.\n\nForbes reported that at the time she said to the press: \"He recently told me: ‘Do you know why our marriage failed? Because you fancied yourself the president, and here there is only one president.’”\n\n## How was Maurizio Gucci killed?\n![canada october 19 maurizio gucci company president struck deft couter blow against other members of board photo by erin combstoronto star via getty images](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/gettyimages-502323831-1629837761.jpg?crop=0.9752380952380952xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*)\n\nErin Combs\n\nMaurizio Gucci\n\n![mandatory credit photo by ipashutterstock 1023426d patrizia reggiani in the 80s retrospective of murdered fashion designer maurizio gucci, italy part of the gucci fashion dynasty, maurizio, grandson of founder guccio gucci, is credited with turning round the fashion houses fortunes in the 1980s he was gunned down in front of his milan apartment in 1995 just as he was about to re establish the brand, by debuting a line by newcomer designer tom ford his death also came at the height of the gucci family business when the dynasty was selling \\$500 million in fashion products a year it was later discovered that his murder was part of a plot executed by his ex wife, patrizia reggiani dubbed the black widow by italian press, reggiani is currently serving a 29 year jail sentence in milan she was found guilty of hiring a hitman to kill her husband in the hopes of gaining control of the multi million gucci empire](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/shutterstock-editorial-1023426d-1629837777.jpg?crop=0.9804116865869854xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*)\n\nIpa\/Shutterstock\n\nPatrizia Gucci\n\nOn the morning of March 27, 1995, Maurizio was fatally shot three times on the steps of his private office in Milan. The tragedy was deemed an assassination, and due to Maurizio's high profile, authorities had various theories about the killer's identity and motives.\n\nA clear suspect was Reggiani, who was vocal about her disdain for her estranged husband and wanting to see him dead. \"'I was furious with Maurizio,\" she said in the 2021 documentary, *[Lady Gucci: The Story of Patrizia Reggiani](https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lady-Gucci-Patrizia-Reggiani-Season\/dp\/B092HS8C2H?tag=oprah-auto-20).* \"I went around asking everyone, even the local grocer, is there someone who has the courage to murder my husband? I can’t aim a gun very well—I couldn’t have done it myself.'\"\n\n###### Related Stories\n- [![](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/20-true-crime-1654037177.png?crop=1.00xw:1.00xh;0,0&resize=300:*)20 True-Crime Podcasts You Should Be Listening To](https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/entertainment\/g27682230\/best-true-crime-podcasts\/)\n- [![](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/screen-shot-2021-07-30-at-3-52-28-pm-1627674800.png?crop=0.936xw:0.668xh;0.0240xw,0.0503xh&resize=300:*)Lady Gaga Sparkles in the House of Gucci Trailer](https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/entertainment\/tv-movies\/a37182395\/house-of-gucci-trailer-lady-gaga\/)\n- [![](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/diryt-john-betty-1590599135.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=300:*)The True Story that Inspired Season 2 Dirty John](https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/entertainment\/a32479974\/betty-broderick-divorce-dirty-john-true-story\/)\n\nHowever, without any valid evidence, police were unable to charge anyone. It wasn't until two years later in January 1997 that Italian police received an anonymous tip that sparked their investigation into Reggiani. They soon discovered that Reggiani colluded with her friend and psychic, Pina Auriemma, and seemingly agreed to pay Auriemma 600 million lire (\\$365,000) in exchange for having Maurizio killed, according to Forbes.\n\nAuriemma then got in touch with an acquaintance, hotel night porter Ivano Savioni, for his help. Savioni then brought the matter to Orazio Cicala, who found the killer, Benedetto Ceraulo. The culprits, in addition to Reggiani, were discovered by authorities when an undercover police officer recorded a call with them all in which he posed as a hitman threatening Reggiani to pay the rest of the money she owed the group. On January 31, 1997, all five were arrested and charged with premeditated murder in connection to Maurizio's assassination.\n\n## Throughout the trial, Reggiani was called \"Black Widow\" by the media.\nOf course, Reggiani's arrest and connection to her husband's murder set off a media firestorm. Dubbed, the \"Black Widow,\" the sensational 1998 trial was highlighted by Reggiani's unapologetic and colorful personality. Prosecutors alleged she was motivated by greed and jealousy of her ex's new partner, Franchi.\n\n![italy, milan undatedpatrizia reggiani arrestedpatrizia reggiani arranged the murder of her ex husband maurizio gucci in 1995, and she was sentenced to 26 years in prison in 1998 credit image Â© aresufotogrammaropi via zuma press](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/20100923-zaf-r103-008-1629837491.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.963xh;0,0.0196xh&resize=980:*)\n\nAresu\/Fotogramma\n\nAs for the evidence stacked against Lady Gucci? There were the witnesses that attested to Reggiani asking around town for a hitman and a damning one-word entry in her Cartier diary the day Maurizio was killed: “Paradeisos,” Greek for \"paradise.\"\n\n\"I think that Patrizia was bothered above all that she couldn’t call herself a Gucci any more,\" Franchi said in court, [according to the AP.](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/0d21360061992accd75de30681e8ed74)\n\nHowever throughout the trial, Reggiani denied directly ordering Maurizio's assassination. Instead, her lawyers insisted that Auriemma blackmailed and framed her for a payout—though Reggiani contradicted herself in court by saying, \"It was worth every lira.\" Her lawyers also argued that a brain tumor Reggiani underwent surgery for in 1992, impaired the socialite, rendering her incapable of planning the crime.\n\n\"In Pina’s eyes, Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli was a golden cow, to be milked for money,\" [they said.](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/8ee16ca6bb4fe9f08049780dee7106fb)\n\nReggiani said on the TV show *Storie Maledette*, “I have to admit that for a time, I truly wanted to get rid of him. I wanted to do it and so I was going around asking for people to do it. But my intentions ended there—a mere obsession, a mere desire. What wife has never said, ‘I’d kill that guy?’”\n\nFollowing a five month trial, Reggiani and the rest of her co-conspirators were convicted of premeditated murder. She [was sentenced to 29 years](https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/politics\/1998\/11\/04\/former-wife-convicted-in-gucci-murder\/df6c387c-9a87-465c-9055-d15e604ed42a\/) in prison.\n\n## Where is Reggiani now?\n![ejc5kk milan fashion week springsummer 2015 patrizia reggiani gucci widow of gucci returns to create for bozart featuring patrizia reggiani gucci where milan, italy when 17 sep 2014](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/ejc5kk-1629837396.jpg?crop=1.21xw:1.21xh;0,0&resize=980:*)\n\nWENN US\/Alamy\n\nShe was placed in Milan's San Vittore prison, where she was allowed one special privilege negotiated by her lawyer. “I think I am a very strong person because I survived all these years in captivity,” she told The Guardian. “I slept a lot. I took care of my plants. I looked after Bambi, my pet ferret.” (Side note: Bambi was killed after being sat on by a fellow inmate.)\n\nIn 2011, Reggiani had a chance of early release after being offered parole on the condition of finding a job. In her opinion at the time, the idea of being employed was blasphemous. She reportedly told her lawyer, \"I’ve never worked in my life and I don’t intend to start now.”\n\nBy 2014 she agreed to the terms and was released after 16 years in prison. She was first seen shopping in one of Milan's most popular streets, donning oversized glasses and toting her pet macaw on her shoulder.\n\n“I dream of returning to Gucci. I still feel like a Gucci—in fact, the most Gucci of all,” she [told the Italian press](https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/italy\/10879350\/I-want-to-work-for-Gucci-says-black-widow-who-paid-for-heirs-murder.html). \"I have the qualifications; for years I went shopping around the world. I came from the world of jewels, and it is to that world that I want to return.”\n\n![youtube](https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/social\/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed)[View full post on YouTube](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t35ihG5s3iA)\n\nUnderstandably, Gucci was not receptive to her public job application. Instead she began working as a design consultant for Bozart, a costume jewelry firm. However, she remarked to The Guardian in 2014 that she was unsatisfied with the wardrobe she'd now been subject to. At the time she said the relationship with her daughters was strained, as they had cut her off from the the fortune they inherited from Maurizio.\n\n\"It's Zara,\" she said referring to her dress. \"I don’t earn enough at this place to buy proper clothes.\"\n\nIn subsequent years, the 72-year-old has given sporadic interviews about the case. Most recently, in March 2021, she [told Italian news outlet, Ansa,](https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/article\/patrizia-reggiani-says-she-had-husband-maurizio-gucci-killed-because-he-irritated-her) that she was happy with Lady Gaga's casting in *The House of Gucci*, but did have one complaint. \"I’m annoyed by the fact that Lady Gaga is portraying me in the new Ridley Scott film without even having the courtesy or the good sense to come and meet me. It’s nothing to do with money because I won’t be taking a single cent from the film. It’s about common sense and respect. I say this with all the sympathy and appreciation that I have for her.\"\n\n## The Gucci family does not approve of the Ridley Scott film.\n![g00924rclady gaga stars as patrizia reggiani in ridley scott’shouse of guccia metro goldwyn mayer pictures filmphoto credit fabio lovino© 2021 metro goldwyn mayer pictures inc all rights reserved](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/house-of-gucci-g-00924-rc-rgb-1629837977.jpg?crop=0.669xw:1.00xh;0.0862xw,0&resize=980:*)\n\nFabio Lovino\n\nNow, when taking into account Maurizio's surviving family members, they aren't particularly happy about the upcoming movie. His second cousin, [Patrizia Gucci, told the AP](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gucci-heirs-worry-depiction-ridley-scott-film-929388bfb17bede59522c188370b75fd) that she's reached out to Scott’s wife, Giannina Facio, but has not gotten a response.\n\n“We are truly disappointed. I speak on behalf of the family,” she said. “They are stealing the identity of a family to make a profit, to increase the income of the Hollywood system... Our family has an identity, privacy. We can talk about everything, but there is a borderline that cannot be crossed.”\n\nAs for her more superficial complaints? For one, she thinks that Jared Leto's casting as Paolo Gucci is \"Horrible, horrible.\" But that's not all.\n\n\"My grandfather was a very handsome man, like all the Guccis, and very tall, blue eyes and very elegant,\" she said. \"He is being played by Al Pacino, who is not very tall already, and this photo shows him as fat, short, with sideburns, really ugly. Shameful, because he doesn’t resemble him at all.\"\n\n[House of Gucci](https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0060937750?tag=oprah-auto-20)\n\n[![House of Gucci](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/1629836105-41-9rhs87wl-sx328-bo1-204-203-200-1629836076.jpg?crop=1xw:0.9919839679358717xh;center,top&resize=980:*)](https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0060937750?tag=oprah-auto-20)\n\nNow 47% Off\n\n[~~\\$18~~ \\$10Amazon](https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0060937750?tag=oprah-auto-20)\n## And there's more Gucci drama where that came from.\nIf you can't quite wait for *The House of Gucci* drama and would like to dive into all of the chaos Patrizia Reggiani has to offer, we have options. First, the film is adapted from the 2000 book by Sara Gay Forden, [*The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed*.](https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B007US2Z7G\/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1&tag=oprah-auto-20)\n\nThere's also the 2021 documentary featuring interviews with Reggiani, *Lady Gucci* and 1997's *Fashion Victim: The Last of the Gucci*s.\n\n[Watch \"Lady Gucci\" Now](https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lady-Gucci-Patrizia-Reggiani-Season\/dp\/B092HS8C2H?tag=oprah-auto-20) [Watch \"Fashion Victim\" Now](https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com\/?id=74968X1583755&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftv.apple.com%2Fus%2Fmovie%2Ffashion-victim-the-last-of-the-guccis%2Fumc.cmc.4gtrlwjk7t5f0odskuwtez4cs)\n\n![Headshot of McKenzie Jean-Philippe](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/rover\/profile_photos\/8a29eaaf-4b51-4a77-9b42-7ca210be8195_1538171707.jpg?fill=1:1&resize=120:*)\n\n[McKenzie Jean-Philippe](https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/author\/220354\/mckenzie-jean-philippe\/)\n\nEditorial Assistant\n\nMcKenzie Jean-Philippe is the editorial assistant at [OprahMag.com](http:\/\/oprahmag.com\/) covering pop culture, TV, movies, celebrity, and lifestyle. 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All rights reserved.\n\n[Privacy Notice](https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/privacy-policy)[Your CA Privacy Rights\/Shine the Light](https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/about\/a42318520\/privacy-noticehighlights\/#Shine)[DAA Industry Opt Out](https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/about\/a42318520\/privacy-noticehighlights\/#DAA)[CA Notice at Collection](https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/about\/a42318520\/privacy-noticehighlights\/#AdditionalInfo)[Terms of Use](https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/terms-of-use)[Site Map](https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/sitemap\/)\n\n[Cookies Choices](https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/entertainment\/tv-movies\/a37372733\/house-of-gucci-true-story\/ \"Cookies Choices\")","attrs_readable_markdown":"Three years after earning an Oscar for *A Star Is Born,* Lady Gaga will be back in theaters this fall, starring in Ridley Scott's crime drama, *The House of Gucci*.\n\nAlongside Adam Driver (Maurizio Gucci), Al Pacino (Aldo Gucci), Jared Ledo (Paolo Gucci), and Salma Hayek (Pina Auriemma) she'll be unraveling the unbelievable tale of Patrizia \"Black Widow\" Reggiani.\n\nIn the 1990s, the infamous socialite was convicted of arranging the assassination of her ex-husband and Gucci fashion house heir, Maurizio Gucci. The scandalous case created the trial of the century in Italy. Before *The House of Gucci* hits theaters on November 24, we're delving into the true story behind these events.\n\n![adam driver maurizio gucci and lady gaga patrizia reggiani in house of guccisignore e signora gucci houseofgucci a film about the tumultuous gucci family fashion dynasty and the murder of founder guccio gucci’s grandson maurizio guccidirector ridley scottcast lady gaga, adam driver, al pacino, jeremy irons, jared leto, jack huston](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/house-of-gucci-gucci-3090-rgb-1629837165.jpg?crop=0.668xw:1.00xh;0.194xw,0&resize=980:*)\n\nFabio Lovino\/MGM and Universal\n## First, who are Maurizio Gucci and Patrizia Reggiani?\nMaurizio was the grandson of House of Gucci founder, Guccio Gucci, while Reggiani was an Italian socialite and daughter of a trucking magnate. They met at a party in Milan and were married in 1972 when both were 24 years old. They'd go on to have two daughters, Allegra and Alessandra.\n\nFor over a decade, the pair seemed to live in marital bliss, with their luxurious lifestyle making them favorites of the Italian press. As one of the original celebrity couples, [*British Vogue* reports](https:\/\/www.vogue.co.uk\/arts-and-lifestyle\/article\/patrizia-reggiani) that when they'd visit New York City, they were chauffeured around in a car with the license plate \"Mauizia,\" a combination of their names. They owned private islands and properties in various locations across the world including Saint Moritz, Connecticut, and Acapulco. And Reggiani, who [The Guardian says](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/2016\/jul\/24\/the-gucci-wife-and-the-hitman-fashions-darkest-tale) was known in elite circles as the “Liz Taylor of luxury labels,\" would host extravagant themed parties attended by the Kennedys.\n\n![italy may1972maurizio gucci and his wife patrizia reggiani credit image Â© del puppofotogrammaropi via zuma press](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/20170210-zaf-r103-008-1629837214.jpg?crop=0.832xw:1.00xh;0.0102xw,0&resize=980:*)\n\nDel Puppo\/Fotogramma\n\n“Maurizio felt free with me. We had fun, we were a team,” Reggiani told the U.K. newspaper in 2016. \"We were a beautiful couple and we had a beautiful life, of course.”\n\nBut their relationship took a turn for the worse in 1983 when Maurizio's father, actor Rodolfo Gucci, died. At the time, Maurizio inherited 50 percent stake in the family company and became its chairman. Reggiani highly disapproved of her husband's poor business decisions, which included buying out his family's board seats for a reported \\$135 million via Bahrain-based investment banking firm, Investcorp, [according to Forbes.](https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/sofialottopersio\/2019\/12\/20\/murder-in-the-house-of-gucci\/?sh=2b751b9df0a6)\n\n“Maurizio got crazy,\" she told The Guardian. \"Until then I was his chief adviser about all Gucci matters. But he wanted to be the best, and he stopped listening to me... I was angry with Maurizio about many, many things at that time. But above all, this. Losing the family business. It was stupid. It was a failure. I was filled with rage, but there was nothing I could do.”\n\nAfter claiming to be going away on a business trip, Maurizio left Reggiani in 1985. As the head of Gucci, he'd go on to lose the company millions. By 1993, he was forced to sell his shares of the business to Investcorp for \\$120m, The Guardian reported. He also had a new live-in girlfriend, interior designer Paola Franchi.\n\nIn 1994, Reggiani received a divorce settlement that would net her \\$1 million a year (a decade after they split) but she was publicly still extremely resentful of her ex.\n\nForbes reported that at the time she said to the press: \"He recently told me: ‘Do you know why our marriage failed? Because you fancied yourself the president, and here there is only one president.’”\n\n## How was Maurizio Gucci killed?\n![canada october 19 maurizio gucci company president struck deft couter blow against other members of board photo by erin combstoronto star via getty images](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/gettyimages-502323831-1629837761.jpg?crop=0.9752380952380952xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*)\n\nErin Combs\n\nMaurizio Gucci\n\n![mandatory credit photo by ipashutterstock 1023426d patrizia reggiani in the 80s retrospective of murdered fashion designer maurizio gucci, italy part of the gucci fashion dynasty, maurizio, grandson of founder guccio gucci, is credited with turning round the fashion houses fortunes in the 1980s he was gunned down in front of his milan apartment in 1995 just as he was about to re establish the brand, by debuting a line by newcomer designer tom ford his death also came at the height of the gucci family business when the dynasty was selling \\$500 million in fashion products a year it was later discovered that his murder was part of a plot executed by his ex wife, patrizia reggiani dubbed the black widow by italian press, reggiani is currently serving a 29 year jail sentence in milan she was found guilty of hiring a hitman to kill her husband in the hopes of gaining control of the multi million gucci empire](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/shutterstock-editorial-1023426d-1629837777.jpg?crop=0.9804116865869854xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*)\n\nIpa\/Shutterstock\n\nPatrizia Gucci\n\nOn the morning of March 27, 1995, Maurizio was fatally shot three times on the steps of his private office in Milan. The tragedy was deemed an assassination, and due to Maurizio's high profile, authorities had various theories about the killer's identity and motives.\n\nA clear suspect was Reggiani, who was vocal about her disdain for her estranged husband and wanting to see him dead. \"'I was furious with Maurizio,\" she said in the 2021 documentary, *[Lady Gucci: The Story of Patrizia Reggiani](https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lady-Gucci-Patrizia-Reggiani-Season\/dp\/B092HS8C2H?tag=oprah-auto-20).* \"I went around asking everyone, even the local grocer, is there someone who has the courage to murder my husband? I can’t aim a gun very well—I couldn’t have done it myself.'\"\n\nHowever, without any valid evidence, police were unable to charge anyone. It wasn't until two years later in January 1997 that Italian police received an anonymous tip that sparked their investigation into Reggiani. They soon discovered that Reggiani colluded with her friend and psychic, Pina Auriemma, and seemingly agreed to pay Auriemma 600 million lire (\\$365,000) in exchange for having Maurizio killed, according to Forbes.\n\nAuriemma then got in touch with an acquaintance, hotel night porter Ivano Savioni, for his help. Savioni then brought the matter to Orazio Cicala, who found the killer, Benedetto Ceraulo. The culprits, in addition to Reggiani, were discovered by authorities when an undercover police officer recorded a call with them all in which he posed as a hitman threatening Reggiani to pay the rest of the money she owed the group. On January 31, 1997, all five were arrested and charged with premeditated murder in connection to Maurizio's assassination.\n\n## Throughout the trial, Reggiani was called \"Black Widow\" by the media.\nOf course, Reggiani's arrest and connection to her husband's murder set off a media firestorm. Dubbed, the \"Black Widow,\" the sensational 1998 trial was highlighted by Reggiani's unapologetic and colorful personality. Prosecutors alleged she was motivated by greed and jealousy of her ex's new partner, Franchi.\n\n![italy, milan undatedpatrizia reggiani arrestedpatrizia reggiani arranged the murder of her ex husband maurizio gucci in 1995, and she was sentenced to 26 years in prison in 1998 credit image Â© aresufotogrammaropi via zuma press](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/20100923-zaf-r103-008-1629837491.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.963xh;0,0.0196xh&resize=980:*)\n\nAresu\/Fotogramma\n\nAs for the evidence stacked against Lady Gucci? There were the witnesses that attested to Reggiani asking around town for a hitman and a damning one-word entry in her Cartier diary the day Maurizio was killed: “Paradeisos,” Greek for \"paradise.\"\n\n\"I think that Patrizia was bothered above all that she couldn’t call herself a Gucci any more,\" Franchi said in court, [according to the AP.](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/0d21360061992accd75de30681e8ed74)\n\nHowever throughout the trial, Reggiani denied directly ordering Maurizio's assassination. Instead, her lawyers insisted that Auriemma blackmailed and framed her for a payout—though Reggiani contradicted herself in court by saying, \"It was worth every lira.\" Her lawyers also argued that a brain tumor Reggiani underwent surgery for in 1992, impaired the socialite, rendering her incapable of planning the crime.\n\n\"In Pina’s eyes, Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli was a golden cow, to be milked for money,\" [they said.](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/8ee16ca6bb4fe9f08049780dee7106fb)\n\nReggiani said on the TV show *Storie Maledette*, “I have to admit that for a time, I truly wanted to get rid of him. I wanted to do it and so I was going around asking for people to do it. But my intentions ended there—a mere obsession, a mere desire. What wife has never said, ‘I’d kill that guy?’”\n\nFollowing a five month trial, Reggiani and the rest of her co-conspirators were convicted of premeditated murder. She [was sentenced to 29 years](https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/politics\/1998\/11\/04\/former-wife-convicted-in-gucci-murder\/df6c387c-9a87-465c-9055-d15e604ed42a\/) in prison.\n\n## Where is Reggiani now?\n![ejc5kk milan fashion week springsummer 2015 patrizia reggiani gucci widow of gucci returns to create for bozart featuring patrizia reggiani gucci where milan, italy when 17 sep 2014](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/ejc5kk-1629837396.jpg?crop=1.21xw:1.21xh;0,0&resize=980:*)\n\nWENN US\/Alamy\n\nShe was placed in Milan's San Vittore prison, where she was allowed one special privilege negotiated by her lawyer. “I think I am a very strong person because I survived all these years in captivity,” she told The Guardian. “I slept a lot. I took care of my plants. I looked after Bambi, my pet ferret.” (Side note: Bambi was killed after being sat on by a fellow inmate.)\n\nIn 2011, Reggiani had a chance of early release after being offered parole on the condition of finding a job. In her opinion at the time, the idea of being employed was blasphemous. She reportedly told her lawyer, \"I’ve never worked in my life and I don’t intend to start now.”\n\nBy 2014 she agreed to the terms and was released after 16 years in prison. She was first seen shopping in one of Milan's most popular streets, donning oversized glasses and toting her pet macaw on her shoulder.\n\n“I dream of returning to Gucci. I still feel like a Gucci—in fact, the most Gucci of all,” she [told the Italian press](https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/italy\/10879350\/I-want-to-work-for-Gucci-says-black-widow-who-paid-for-heirs-murder.html). \"I have the qualifications; for years I went shopping around the world. I came from the world of jewels, and it is to that world that I want to return.”\n\nUnderstandably, Gucci was not receptive to her public job application. Instead she began working as a design consultant for Bozart, a costume jewelry firm. However, she remarked to The Guardian in 2014 that she was unsatisfied with the wardrobe she'd now been subject to. At the time she said the relationship with her daughters was strained, as they had cut her off from the the fortune they inherited from Maurizio.\n\n\"It's Zara,\" she said referring to her dress. \"I don’t earn enough at this place to buy proper clothes.\"\n\nIn subsequent years, the 72-year-old has given sporadic interviews about the case. Most recently, in March 2021, she [told Italian news outlet, Ansa,](https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/article\/patrizia-reggiani-says-she-had-husband-maurizio-gucci-killed-because-he-irritated-her) that she was happy with Lady Gaga's casting in *The House of Gucci*, but did have one complaint. \"I’m annoyed by the fact that Lady Gaga is portraying me in the new Ridley Scott film without even having the courtesy or the good sense to come and meet me. It’s nothing to do with money because I won’t be taking a single cent from the film. It’s about common sense and respect. I say this with all the sympathy and appreciation that I have for her.\"\n\n## The Gucci family does not approve of the Ridley Scott film.\n![g00924rclady gaga stars as patrizia reggiani in ridley scott’shouse of guccia metro goldwyn mayer pictures filmphoto credit fabio lovino© 2021 metro goldwyn mayer pictures inc all rights reserved](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/house-of-gucci-g-00924-rc-rgb-1629837977.jpg?crop=0.669xw:1.00xh;0.0862xw,0&resize=980:*)\n\nFabio Lovino\n\nNow, when taking into account Maurizio's surviving family members, they aren't particularly happy about the upcoming movie. His second cousin, [Patrizia Gucci, told the AP](https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gucci-heirs-worry-depiction-ridley-scott-film-929388bfb17bede59522c188370b75fd) that she's reached out to Scott’s wife, Giannina Facio, but has not gotten a response.\n\n“We are truly disappointed. I speak on behalf of the family,” she said. “They are stealing the identity of a family to make a profit, to increase the income of the Hollywood system... Our family has an identity, privacy. We can talk about everything, but there is a borderline that cannot be crossed.”\n\nAs for her more superficial complaints? For one, she thinks that Jared Leto's casting as Paolo Gucci is \"Horrible, horrible.\" But that's not all.\n\n\"My grandfather was a very handsome man, like all the Guccis, and very tall, blue eyes and very elegant,\" she said. \"He is being played by Al Pacino, who is not very tall already, and this photo shows him as fat, short, with sideburns, really ugly. Shameful, because he doesn’t resemble him at all.\"\n\n[![House of Gucci](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/1629836105-41-9rhs87wl-sx328-bo1-204-203-200-1629836076.jpg?crop=1xw:0.9919839679358717xh;center,top&resize=980:*)](https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0060937750?tag=oprah-auto-20)\n\nNow 47% Off\n## And there's more Gucci drama where that came from.\nIf you can't quite wait for *The House of Gucci* drama and would like to dive into all of the chaos Patrizia Reggiani has to offer, we have options. First, the film is adapted from the 2000 book by Sara Gay Forden, [*The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed*.](https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B007US2Z7G\/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1&tag=oprah-auto-20)\n\nThere's also the 2021 documentary featuring interviews with Reggiani, *Lady Gucci* and 1997's *Fashion Victim: The Last of the Gucci*s.\n\n[Watch \"Lady Gucci\" Now](https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lady-Gucci-Patrizia-Reggiani-Season\/dp\/B092HS8C2H?tag=oprah-auto-20) [Watch \"Fashion Victim\" Now](https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com\/?id=74968X1583755&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftv.apple.com%2Fus%2Fmovie%2Ffashion-victim-the-last-of-the-guccis%2Fumc.cmc.4gtrlwjk7t5f0odskuwtez4cs)\n\n![Headshot of McKenzie Jean-Philippe](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/rover\/profile_photos\/8a29eaaf-4b51-4a77-9b42-7ca210be8195_1538171707.jpg?fill=1:1&resize=120:*)\n\nMcKenzie Jean-Philippe is the editorial assistant at [OprahMag.com](http:\/\/oprahmag.com\/) covering pop culture, TV, movies, celebrity, and lifestyle. She loves a great Oprah viral moment and all things Netflix—but come summertime, *Big Brother* has her heart. On a day off you'll find her curled up with a new juicy romance novel.","meta_canonical":null}

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Boilerpipe Text	Three years after earning an Oscar for A Star Is Born, Lady Gaga will be back in theaters this fall, starring in Ridley Scott's crime drama, The House of Gucci . Alongside Adam Driver (Maurizio Gucci), Al Pacino (Aldo Gucci), Jared Ledo (Paolo Gucci), and Salma Hayek (Pina Auriemma) she'll be unraveling the unbelievable tale of Patrizia "Black Widow" Reggiani. In the 1990s, the infamous socialite was convicted of arranging the assassination of her ex-husband and Gucci fashion house heir, Maurizio Gucci. The scandalous case created the trial of the century in Italy. Before The House of Gucci hits theaters on November 24, we're delving into the true story behind these events. Fabio Lovino/MGM and Universal First, who are Maurizio Gucci and Patrizia Reggiani? Maurizio was the grandson of House of Gucci founder, Guccio Gucci, while Reggiani was an Italian socialite and daughter of a trucking magnate. They met at a party in Milan and were married in 1972 when both were 24 years old. They'd go on to have two daughters, Allegra and Alessandra. For over a decade, the pair seemed to live in marital bliss, with their luxurious lifestyle making them favorites of the Italian press. As one of the original celebrity couples, British Vogue reports that when they'd visit New York City, they were chauffeured around in a car with the license plate "Mauizia," a combination of their names. They owned private islands and properties in various locations across the world including Saint Moritz, Connecticut, and Acapulco. And Reggiani, who The Guardian says was known in elite circles as the “Liz Taylor of luxury labels," would host extravagant themed parties attended by the Kennedys. Del Puppo/Fotogramma “Maurizio felt free with me. We had fun, we were a team,” Reggiani told the U.K. newspaper in 2016. "We were a beautiful couple and we had a beautiful life, of course.” But their relationship took a turn for the worse in 1983 when Maurizio's father, actor Rodolfo Gucci, died. At the time, Maurizio inherited 50 percent stake in the family company and became its chairman. Reggiani highly disapproved of her husband's poor business decisions, which included buying out his family's board seats for a reported $135 million via Bahrain-based investment banking firm, Investcorp, according to Forbes. “Maurizio got crazy," she told The Guardian. "Until then I was his chief adviser about all Gucci matters. But he wanted to be the best, and he stopped listening to me... I was angry with Maurizio about many, many things at that time. But above all, this. Losing the family business. It was stupid. It was a failure. I was filled with rage, but there was nothing I could do.” After claiming to be going away on a business trip, Maurizio left Reggiani in 1985. As the head of Gucci, he'd go on to lose the company millions. By 1993, he was forced to sell his shares of the business to Investcorp for $120m, The Guardian reported. He also had a new live-in girlfriend, interior designer Paola Franchi. In 1994, Reggiani received a divorce settlement that would net her $1 million a year (a decade after they split) but she was publicly still extremely resentful of her ex. Forbes reported that at the time she said to the press: "He recently told me: ‘Do you know why our marriage failed? Because you fancied yourself the president, and here there is only one president.’” How was Maurizio Gucci killed? Erin Combs Maurizio Gucci Ipa/Shutterstock Patrizia Gucci On the morning of March 27, 1995, Maurizio was fatally shot three times on the steps of his private office in Milan. The tragedy was deemed an assassination, and due to Maurizio's high profile, authorities had various theories about the killer's identity and motives. A clear suspect was Reggiani, who was vocal about her disdain for her estranged husband and wanting to see him dead. "'I was furious with Maurizio," she said in the 2021 documentary, Lady Gucci: The Story of Patrizia Reggiani . "I went around asking everyone, even the local grocer, is there someone who has the courage to murder my husband? I can’t aim a gun very well—I couldn’t have done it myself.'" However, without any valid evidence, police were unable to charge anyone. It wasn't until two years later in January 1997 that Italian police received an anonymous tip that sparked their investigation into Reggiani. They soon discovered that Reggiani colluded with her friend and psychic, Pina Auriemma, and seemingly agreed to pay Auriemma 600 million lire ($365,000) in exchange for having Maurizio killed, according to Forbes. Auriemma then got in touch with an acquaintance, hotel night porter Ivano Savioni, for his help. Savioni then brought the matter to Orazio Cicala, who found the killer, Benedetto Ceraulo. The culprits, in addition to Reggiani, were discovered by authorities when an undercover police officer recorded a call with them all in which he posed as a hitman threatening Reggiani to pay the rest of the money she owed the group. On January 31, 1997, all five were arrested and charged with premeditated murder in connection to Maurizio's assassination. Throughout the trial, Reggiani was called "Black Widow" by the media. Of course, Reggiani's arrest and connection to her husband's murder set off a media firestorm. Dubbed, the "Black Widow," the sensational 1998 trial was highlighted by Reggiani's unapologetic and colorful personality. Prosecutors alleged she was motivated by greed and jealousy of her ex's new partner, Franchi. Aresu/Fotogramma As for the evidence stacked against Lady Gucci? There were the witnesses that attested to Reggiani asking around town for a hitman and a damning one-word entry in her Cartier diary the day Maurizio was killed: “Paradeisos,” Greek for "paradise." "I think that Patrizia was bothered above all that she couldn’t call herself a Gucci any more," Franchi said in court, according to the AP. However throughout the trial, Reggiani denied directly ordering Maurizio's assassination. Instead, her lawyers insisted that Auriemma blackmailed and framed her for a payout—though Reggiani contradicted herself in court by saying, "It was worth every lira." Her lawyers also argued that a brain tumor Reggiani underwent surgery for in 1992, impaired the socialite, rendering her incapable of planning the crime. "In Pina’s eyes, Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli was a golden cow, to be milked for money," they said. Reggiani said on the TV show Storie Maledette , “I have to admit that for a time, I truly wanted to get rid of him. I wanted to do it and so I was going around asking for people to do it. But my intentions ended there—a mere obsession, a mere desire. What wife has never said, ‘I’d kill that guy?’” Following a five month trial, Reggiani and the rest of her co-conspirators were convicted of premeditated murder. She was sentenced to 29 years in prison. Where is Reggiani now? WENN US/Alamy She was placed in Milan's San Vittore prison, where she was allowed one special privilege negotiated by her lawyer. “I think I am a very strong person because I survived all these years in captivity,” she told The Guardian. “I slept a lot. I took care of my plants. I looked after Bambi, my pet ferret.” (Side note: Bambi was killed after being sat on by a fellow inmate.) In 2011, Reggiani had a chance of early release after being offered parole on the condition of finding a job. In her opinion at the time, the idea of being employed was blasphemous. She reportedly told her lawyer, "I’ve never worked in my life and I don’t intend to start now.” By 2014 she agreed to the terms and was released after 16 years in prison. She was first seen shopping in one of Milan's most popular streets, donning oversized glasses and toting her pet macaw on her shoulder. “I dream of returning to Gucci. I still feel like a Gucci—in fact, the most Gucci of all,” she told the Italian press . "I have the qualifications; for years I went shopping around the world. I came from the world of jewels, and it is to that world that I want to return.” Understandably, Gucci was not receptive to her public job application. Instead she began working as a design consultant for Bozart, a costume jewelry firm. However, she remarked to The Guardian in 2014 that she was unsatisfied with the wardrobe she'd now been subject to. At the time she said the relationship with her daughters was strained, as they had cut her off from the the fortune they inherited from Maurizio. "It's Zara," she said referring to her dress. "I don’t earn enough at this place to buy proper clothes." In subsequent years, the 72-year-old has given sporadic interviews about the case. Most recently, in March 2021, she told Italian news outlet, Ansa, that she was happy with Lady Gaga's casting in The House of Gucci , but did have one complaint. "I’m annoyed by the fact that Lady Gaga is portraying me in the new Ridley Scott film without even having the courtesy or the good sense to come and meet me. It’s nothing to do with money because I won’t be taking a single cent from the film. It’s about common sense and respect. I say this with all the sympathy and appreciation that I have for her." The Gucci family does not approve of the Ridley Scott film. Fabio Lovino Now, when taking into account Maurizio's surviving family members, they aren't particularly happy about the upcoming movie. His second cousin, Patrizia Gucci, told the AP that she's reached out to Scott’s wife, Giannina Facio, but has not gotten a response. “We are truly disappointed. I speak on behalf of the family,” she said. “They are stealing the identity of a family to make a profit, to increase the income of the Hollywood system... Our family has an identity, privacy. We can talk about everything, but there is a borderline that cannot be crossed.” As for her more superficial complaints? For one, she thinks that Jared Leto's casting as Paolo Gucci is "Horrible, horrible." But that's not all. "My grandfather was a very handsome man, like all the Guccis, and very tall, blue eyes and very elegant," she said. "He is being played by Al Pacino, who is not very tall already, and this photo shows him as fat, short, with sideburns, really ugly. Shameful, because he doesn’t resemble him at all." Now 47% Off And there's more Gucci drama where that came from. If you can't quite wait for The House of Gucci drama and would like to dive into all of the chaos Patrizia Reggiani has to offer, we have options. First, the film is adapted from the 2000 book by Sara Gay Forden, The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed . There's also the 2021 documentary featuring interviews with Reggiani, Lady Gucci and 1997's Fashion Victim: The Last of the Gucci s. Watch "Lady Gucci" Now Watch "Fashion Victim" Now McKenzie Jean-Philippe is the editorial assistant at OprahMag.com covering pop culture, TV, movies, celebrity, and lifestyle. She loves a great Oprah viral moment and all things Netflix—but come summertime, Big Brother has her heart. On a day off you'll find her curled up with a new juicy romance novel.
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Three years after earning an Oscar for A Star Is Born, Lady Gaga will be back in theaters this fall, starring in Ridley Scott's crime drama, The House of Gucci. Alongside Adam Driver (Maurizio Gucci), Al Pacino (Aldo Gucci), Jared Ledo (Paolo Gucci), and Salma Hayek (Pina Auriemma) she'll be unraveling the unbelievable tale of Patrizia "Black Widow" Reggiani. In the 1990s, the infamous socialite was convicted of arranging the assassination of her ex-husband and Gucci fashion house heir, Maurizio Gucci. The scandalous case created the trial of the century in Italy. Before The House of Gucci hits theaters on November 24, we're delving into the true story behind these events. ![adam driver maurizio gucci and lady gaga patrizia reggiani in house of guccisignore e signora gucci houseofgucci a film about the tumultuous gucci family fashion dynasty and the murder of founder guccio gucci’s grandson maurizio guccidirector ridley scottcast lady gaga, adam driver, al pacino, jeremy irons, jared leto, jack huston](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/house-of-gucci-gucci-3090-rgb-1629837165.jpg?crop=0.668xw:1.00xh;0.194xw,0&resize=980:) Fabio Lovino/MGM and Universal ## First, who are Maurizio Gucci and Patrizia Reggiani? Maurizio was the grandson of House of Gucci founder, Guccio Gucci, while Reggiani was an Italian socialite and daughter of a trucking magnate. They met at a party in Milan and were married in 1972 when both were 24 years old. They'd go on to have two daughters, Allegra and Alessandra. For over a decade, the pair seemed to live in marital bliss, with their luxurious lifestyle making them favorites of the Italian press. As one of the original celebrity couples, [British Vogue* reports](https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/patrizia-reggiani) that when they'd visit New York City, they were chauffeured around in a car with the license plate "Mauizia," a combination of their names. They owned private islands and properties in various locations across the world including Saint Moritz, Connecticut, and Acapulco. And Reggiani, who [The Guardian says](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/jul/24/the-gucci-wife-and-the-hitman-fashions-darkest-tale) was known in elite circles as the “Liz Taylor of luxury labels," would host extravagant themed parties attended by the Kennedys. ![italy may1972maurizio gucci and his wife patrizia reggiani credit image Â© del puppofotogrammaropi via zuma press](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/20170210-zaf-r103-008-1629837214.jpg?crop=0.832xw:1.00xh;0.0102xw,0&resize=980:) Del Puppo/Fotogramma “Maurizio felt free with me. We had fun, we were a team,” Reggiani told the U.K. newspaper in 2016. "We were a beautiful couple and we had a beautiful life, of course.” But their relationship took a turn for the worse in 1983 when Maurizio's father, actor Rodolfo Gucci, died. At the time, Maurizio inherited 50 percent stake in the family company and became its chairman. Reggiani highly disapproved of her husband's poor business decisions, which included buying out his family's board seats for a reported \$135 million via Bahrain-based investment banking firm, Investcorp, [according to Forbes.](https://www.forbes.com/sites/sofialottopersio/2019/12/20/murder-in-the-house-of-gucci/?sh=2b751b9df0a6) “Maurizio got crazy," she told The Guardian. "Until then I was his chief adviser about all Gucci matters. But he wanted to be the best, and he stopped listening to me... I was angry with Maurizio about many, many things at that time. But above all, this. Losing the family business. It was stupid. It was a failure. I was filled with rage, but there was nothing I could do.” After claiming to be going away on a business trip, Maurizio left Reggiani in 1985. As the head of Gucci, he'd go on to lose the company millions. By 1993, he was forced to sell his shares of the business to Investcorp for \$120m, The Guardian reported. He also had a new live-in girlfriend, interior designer Paola Franchi. In 1994, Reggiani received a divorce settlement that would net her \$1 million a year (a decade after they split) but she was publicly still extremely resentful of her ex. Forbes reported that at the time she said to the press: "He recently told me: ‘Do you know why our marriage failed? Because you fancied yourself the president, and here there is only one president.’” ## How was Maurizio Gucci killed? ![canada october 19 maurizio gucci company president struck deft couter blow against other members of board photo by erin combstoronto star via getty images](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/gettyimages-502323831-1629837761.jpg?crop=0.9752380952380952xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:) Erin Combs Maurizio Gucci ![mandatory credit photo by ipashutterstock 1023426d patrizia reggiani in the 80s retrospective of murdered fashion designer maurizio gucci, italy part of the gucci fashion dynasty, maurizio, grandson of founder guccio gucci, is credited with turning round the fashion houses fortunes in the 1980s he was gunned down in front of his milan apartment in 1995 just as he was about to re establish the brand, by debuting a line by newcomer designer tom ford his death also came at the height of the gucci family business when the dynasty was selling \$500 million in fashion products a year it was later discovered that his murder was part of a plot executed by his ex wife, patrizia reggiani dubbed the black widow by italian press, reggiani is currently serving a 29 year jail sentence in milan she was found guilty of hiring a hitman to kill her husband in the hopes of gaining control of the multi million gucci empire](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/shutterstock-editorial-1023426d-1629837777.jpg?crop=0.9804116865869854xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:) Ipa/Shutterstock Patrizia Gucci On the morning of March 27, 1995, Maurizio was fatally shot three times on the steps of his private office in Milan. The tragedy was deemed an assassination, and due to Maurizio's high profile, authorities had various theories about the killer's identity and motives. A clear suspect was Reggiani, who was vocal about her disdain for her estranged husband and wanting to see him dead. "'I was furious with Maurizio," she said in the 2021 documentary, [Lady Gucci: The Story of Patrizia Reggiani](https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Gucci-Patrizia-Reggiani-Season/dp/B092HS8C2H?tag=oprah-auto-20).* "I went around asking everyone, even the local grocer, is there someone who has the courage to murder my husband? I can’t aim a gun very well—I couldn’t have done it myself.'" ###### Related Stories - [![](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/20-true-crime-1654037177.png?crop=1.00xw:1.00xh;0,0&resize=300:)20 True-Crime Podcasts You Should Be Listening To](https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/g27682230/best-true-crime-podcasts/) - [![](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/screen-shot-2021-07-30-at-3-52-28-pm-1627674800.png?crop=0.936xw:0.668xh;0.0240xw,0.0503xh&resize=300:)Lady Gaga Sparkles in the House of Gucci Trailer](https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a37182395/house-of-gucci-trailer-lady-gaga/) - [![](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/diryt-john-betty-1590599135.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=300:)The True Story that Inspired Season 2 Dirty John](https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a32479974/betty-broderick-divorce-dirty-john-true-story/) However, without any valid evidence, police were unable to charge anyone. It wasn't until two years later in January 1997 that Italian police received an anonymous tip that sparked their investigation into Reggiani. They soon discovered that Reggiani colluded with her friend and psychic, Pina Auriemma, and seemingly agreed to pay Auriemma 600 million lire (\$365,000) in exchange for having Maurizio killed, according to Forbes. Auriemma then got in touch with an acquaintance, hotel night porter Ivano Savioni, for his help. Savioni then brought the matter to Orazio Cicala, who found the killer, Benedetto Ceraulo. The culprits, in addition to Reggiani, were discovered by authorities when an undercover police officer recorded a call with them all in which he posed as a hitman threatening Reggiani to pay the rest of the money she owed the group. On January 31, 1997, all five were arrested and charged with premeditated murder in connection to Maurizio's assassination. ## Throughout the trial, Reggiani was called "Black Widow" by the media. Of course, Reggiani's arrest and connection to her husband's murder set off a media firestorm. Dubbed, the "Black Widow," the sensational 1998 trial was highlighted by Reggiani's unapologetic and colorful personality. Prosecutors alleged she was motivated by greed and jealousy of her ex's new partner, Franchi. ![italy, milan undatedpatrizia reggiani arrestedpatrizia reggiani arranged the murder of her ex husband maurizio gucci in 1995, and she was sentenced to 26 years in prison in 1998 credit image Â© aresufotogrammaropi via zuma press](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/20100923-zaf-r103-008-1629837491.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.963xh;0,0.0196xh&resize=980:) Aresu/Fotogramma As for the evidence stacked against Lady Gucci? There were the witnesses that attested to Reggiani asking around town for a hitman and a damning one-word entry in her Cartier diary the day Maurizio was killed: “Paradeisos,” Greek for "paradise." "I think that Patrizia was bothered above all that she couldn’t call herself a Gucci any more," Franchi said in court, [according to the AP.](https://apnews.com/article/0d21360061992accd75de30681e8ed74) However throughout the trial, Reggiani denied directly ordering Maurizio's assassination. Instead, her lawyers insisted that Auriemma blackmailed and framed her for a payout—though Reggiani contradicted herself in court by saying, "It was worth every lira." Her lawyers also argued that a brain tumor Reggiani underwent surgery for in 1992, impaired the socialite, rendering her incapable of planning the crime. "In Pina’s eyes, Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli was a golden cow, to be milked for money," [they said.](https://apnews.com/article/8ee16ca6bb4fe9f08049780dee7106fb) Reggiani said on the TV show Storie Maledette, “I have to admit that for a time, I truly wanted to get rid of him. I wanted to do it and so I was going around asking for people to do it. But my intentions ended there—a mere obsession, a mere desire. What wife has never said, ‘I’d kill that guy?’” Following a five month trial, Reggiani and the rest of her co-conspirators were convicted of premeditated murder. She [was sentenced to 29 years](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/11/04/former-wife-convicted-in-gucci-murder/df6c387c-9a87-465c-9055-d15e604ed42a/) in prison. ## Where is Reggiani now? ![ejc5kk milan fashion week springsummer 2015 patrizia reggiani gucci widow of gucci returns to create for bozart featuring patrizia reggiani gucci where milan, italy when 17 sep 2014](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/ejc5kk-1629837396.jpg?crop=1.21xw:1.21xh;0,0&resize=980:) WENN US/Alamy She was placed in Milan's San Vittore prison, where she was allowed one special privilege negotiated by her lawyer. “I think I am a very strong person because I survived all these years in captivity,” she told The Guardian. “I slept a lot. I took care of my plants. I looked after Bambi, my pet ferret.” (Side note: Bambi was killed after being sat on by a fellow inmate.) In 2011, Reggiani had a chance of early release after being offered parole on the condition of finding a job. In her opinion at the time, the idea of being employed was blasphemous. She reportedly told her lawyer, "I’ve never worked in my life and I don’t intend to start now.” By 2014 she agreed to the terms and was released after 16 years in prison. She was first seen shopping in one of Milan's most popular streets, donning oversized glasses and toting her pet macaw on her shoulder. “I dream of returning to Gucci. I still feel like a Gucci—in fact, the most Gucci of all,” she [told the Italian press](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10879350/I-want-to-work-for-Gucci-says-black-widow-who-paid-for-heirs-murder.html). "I have the qualifications; for years I went shopping around the world. I came from the world of jewels, and it is to that world that I want to return.” ![youtube](https://www.oprahdaily.com/_assets/design-tokens/fre/static/icons/social/youtube.ce3e1ae.svg?primary=currentColor&id=link-out-embed)[View full post on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t35ihG5s3iA) Understandably, Gucci was not receptive to her public job application. Instead she began working as a design consultant for Bozart, a costume jewelry firm. However, she remarked to The Guardian in 2014 that she was unsatisfied with the wardrobe she'd now been subject to. At the time she said the relationship with her daughters was strained, as they had cut her off from the the fortune they inherited from Maurizio. "It's Zara," she said referring to her dress. "I don’t earn enough at this place to buy proper clothes." In subsequent years, the 72-year-old has given sporadic interviews about the case. Most recently, in March 2021, she [told Italian news outlet, Ansa,](https://www.tatler.com/article/patrizia-reggiani-says-she-had-husband-maurizio-gucci-killed-because-he-irritated-her) that she was happy with Lady Gaga's casting in The House of Gucci, but did have one complaint. "I’m annoyed by the fact that Lady Gaga is portraying me in the new Ridley Scott film without even having the courtesy or the good sense to come and meet me. It’s nothing to do with money because I won’t be taking a single cent from the film. It’s about common sense and respect. I say this with all the sympathy and appreciation that I have for her." ## The Gucci family does not approve of the Ridley Scott film. ![g00924rclady gaga stars as patrizia reggiani in ridley scott’shouse of guccia metro goldwyn mayer pictures filmphoto credit fabio lovino© 2021 metro goldwyn mayer pictures inc all rights reserved](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/house-of-gucci-g-00924-rc-rgb-1629837977.jpg?crop=0.669xw:1.00xh;0.0862xw,0&resize=980:) Fabio Lovino Now, when taking into account Maurizio's surviving family members, they aren't particularly happy about the upcoming movie. His second cousin, [Patrizia Gucci, told the AP](https://apnews.com/article/gucci-heirs-worry-depiction-ridley-scott-film-929388bfb17bede59522c188370b75fd) that she's reached out to Scott’s wife, Giannina Facio, but has not gotten a response. “We are truly disappointed. I speak on behalf of the family,” she said. “They are stealing the identity of a family to make a profit, to increase the income of the Hollywood system... Our family has an identity, privacy. We can talk about everything, but there is a borderline that cannot be crossed.” As for her more superficial complaints? For one, she thinks that Jared Leto's casting as Paolo Gucci is "Horrible, horrible." But that's not all. "My grandfather was a very handsome man, like all the Guccis, and very tall, blue eyes and very elegant," she said. "He is being played by Al Pacino, who is not very tall already, and this photo shows him as fat, short, with sideburns, really ugly. Shameful, because he doesn’t resemble him at all." [House of Gucci](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060937750?tag=oprah-auto-20) [![House of Gucci](https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1629836105-41-9rhs87wl-sx328-bo1-204-203-200-1629836076.jpg?crop=1xw:0.9919839679358717xh;center,top&resize=980:)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060937750?tag=oprah-auto-20) Now 47% Off [~~\$18~~ \$10Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060937750?tag=oprah-auto-20) ## And there's more Gucci drama where that came from. If you can't quite wait for The House of Gucci* drama and would like to dive into all of the chaos Patrizia Reggiani has to offer, we have options. First, the film is adapted from the 2000 book by Sara Gay Forden, [The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed.](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007US2Z7G/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1&tag=oprah-auto-20) There's also the 2021 documentary featuring interviews with Reggiani, Lady Gucci and 1997's Fashion Victim: The Last of the Guccis. 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Readable Markdown	Three years after earning an Oscar for A Star Is Born, Lady Gaga will be back in theaters this fall, starring in Ridley Scott's crime drama, The House of Gucci. Alongside Adam Driver (Maurizio Gucci), Al Pacino (Aldo Gucci), Jared Ledo (Paolo Gucci), and Salma Hayek (Pina Auriemma) she'll be unraveling the unbelievable tale of Patrizia "Black Widow" Reggiani. In the 1990s, the infamous socialite was convicted of arranging the assassination of her ex-husband and Gucci fashion house heir, Maurizio Gucci. The scandalous case created the trial of the century in Italy. Before The House of Gucci hits theaters on November 24, we're delving into the true story behind these events. ![adam driver maurizio gucci and lady gaga patrizia reggiani in house of guccisignore e signora gucci houseofgucci a film about the tumultuous gucci family fashion dynasty and the murder of founder guccio gucci’s grandson maurizio guccidirector ridley scottcast lady gaga, adam driver, al pacino, jeremy irons, jared leto, jack huston](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/house-of-gucci-gucci-3090-rgb-1629837165.jpg?crop=0.668xw:1.00xh;0.194xw,0&resize=980:) Fabio Lovino/MGM and Universal ## First, who are Maurizio Gucci and Patrizia Reggiani? Maurizio was the grandson of House of Gucci founder, Guccio Gucci, while Reggiani was an Italian socialite and daughter of a trucking magnate. They met at a party in Milan and were married in 1972 when both were 24 years old. They'd go on to have two daughters, Allegra and Alessandra. For over a decade, the pair seemed to live in marital bliss, with their luxurious lifestyle making them favorites of the Italian press. As one of the original celebrity couples, [British Vogue* reports](https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/patrizia-reggiani) that when they'd visit New York City, they were chauffeured around in a car with the license plate "Mauizia," a combination of their names. They owned private islands and properties in various locations across the world including Saint Moritz, Connecticut, and Acapulco. And Reggiani, who [The Guardian says](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/jul/24/the-gucci-wife-and-the-hitman-fashions-darkest-tale) was known in elite circles as the “Liz Taylor of luxury labels," would host extravagant themed parties attended by the Kennedys. ![italy may1972maurizio gucci and his wife patrizia reggiani credit image Â© del puppofotogrammaropi via zuma press](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/20170210-zaf-r103-008-1629837214.jpg?crop=0.832xw:1.00xh;0.0102xw,0&resize=980:) Del Puppo/Fotogramma “Maurizio felt free with me. We had fun, we were a team,” Reggiani told the U.K. newspaper in 2016. "We were a beautiful couple and we had a beautiful life, of course.” But their relationship took a turn for the worse in 1983 when Maurizio's father, actor Rodolfo Gucci, died. At the time, Maurizio inherited 50 percent stake in the family company and became its chairman. Reggiani highly disapproved of her husband's poor business decisions, which included buying out his family's board seats for a reported \$135 million via Bahrain-based investment banking firm, Investcorp, [according to Forbes.](https://www.forbes.com/sites/sofialottopersio/2019/12/20/murder-in-the-house-of-gucci/?sh=2b751b9df0a6) “Maurizio got crazy," she told The Guardian. "Until then I was his chief adviser about all Gucci matters. But he wanted to be the best, and he stopped listening to me... I was angry with Maurizio about many, many things at that time. But above all, this. Losing the family business. It was stupid. It was a failure. I was filled with rage, but there was nothing I could do.” After claiming to be going away on a business trip, Maurizio left Reggiani in 1985. As the head of Gucci, he'd go on to lose the company millions. By 1993, he was forced to sell his shares of the business to Investcorp for \$120m, The Guardian reported. He also had a new live-in girlfriend, interior designer Paola Franchi. In 1994, Reggiani received a divorce settlement that would net her \$1 million a year (a decade after they split) but she was publicly still extremely resentful of her ex. Forbes reported that at the time she said to the press: "He recently told me: ‘Do you know why our marriage failed? Because you fancied yourself the president, and here there is only one president.’” ## How was Maurizio Gucci killed? ![canada october 19 maurizio gucci company president struck deft couter blow against other members of board photo by erin combstoronto star via getty images](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/gettyimages-502323831-1629837761.jpg?crop=0.9752380952380952xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:) Erin Combs Maurizio Gucci ![mandatory credit photo by ipashutterstock 1023426d patrizia reggiani in the 80s retrospective of murdered fashion designer maurizio gucci, italy part of the gucci fashion dynasty, maurizio, grandson of founder guccio gucci, is credited with turning round the fashion houses fortunes in the 1980s he was gunned down in front of his milan apartment in 1995 just as he was about to re establish the brand, by debuting a line by newcomer designer tom ford his death also came at the height of the gucci family business when the dynasty was selling \$500 million in fashion products a year it was later discovered that his murder was part of a plot executed by his ex wife, patrizia reggiani dubbed the black widow by italian press, reggiani is currently serving a 29 year jail sentence in milan she was found guilty of hiring a hitman to kill her husband in the hopes of gaining control of the multi million gucci empire](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/shutterstock-editorial-1023426d-1629837777.jpg?crop=0.9804116865869854xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:) Ipa/Shutterstock Patrizia Gucci On the morning of March 27, 1995, Maurizio was fatally shot three times on the steps of his private office in Milan. The tragedy was deemed an assassination, and due to Maurizio's high profile, authorities had various theories about the killer's identity and motives. A clear suspect was Reggiani, who was vocal about her disdain for her estranged husband and wanting to see him dead. "'I was furious with Maurizio," she said in the 2021 documentary, [Lady Gucci: The Story of Patrizia Reggiani](https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Gucci-Patrizia-Reggiani-Season/dp/B092HS8C2H?tag=oprah-auto-20).* "I went around asking everyone, even the local grocer, is there someone who has the courage to murder my husband? I can’t aim a gun very well—I couldn’t have done it myself.'" However, without any valid evidence, police were unable to charge anyone. It wasn't until two years later in January 1997 that Italian police received an anonymous tip that sparked their investigation into Reggiani. They soon discovered that Reggiani colluded with her friend and psychic, Pina Auriemma, and seemingly agreed to pay Auriemma 600 million lire (\$365,000) in exchange for having Maurizio killed, according to Forbes. Auriemma then got in touch with an acquaintance, hotel night porter Ivano Savioni, for his help. Savioni then brought the matter to Orazio Cicala, who found the killer, Benedetto Ceraulo. The culprits, in addition to Reggiani, were discovered by authorities when an undercover police officer recorded a call with them all in which he posed as a hitman threatening Reggiani to pay the rest of the money she owed the group. On January 31, 1997, all five were arrested and charged with premeditated murder in connection to Maurizio's assassination. ## Throughout the trial, Reggiani was called "Black Widow" by the media. Of course, Reggiani's arrest and connection to her husband's murder set off a media firestorm. Dubbed, the "Black Widow," the sensational 1998 trial was highlighted by Reggiani's unapologetic and colorful personality. Prosecutors alleged she was motivated by greed and jealousy of her ex's new partner, Franchi. ![italy, milan undatedpatrizia reggiani arrestedpatrizia reggiani arranged the murder of her ex husband maurizio gucci in 1995, and she was sentenced to 26 years in prison in 1998 credit image Â© aresufotogrammaropi via zuma press](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/20100923-zaf-r103-008-1629837491.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.963xh;0,0.0196xh&resize=980:) Aresu/Fotogramma As for the evidence stacked against Lady Gucci? There were the witnesses that attested to Reggiani asking around town for a hitman and a damning one-word entry in her Cartier diary the day Maurizio was killed: “Paradeisos,” Greek for "paradise." "I think that Patrizia was bothered above all that she couldn’t call herself a Gucci any more," Franchi said in court, [according to the AP.](https://apnews.com/article/0d21360061992accd75de30681e8ed74) However throughout the trial, Reggiani denied directly ordering Maurizio's assassination. Instead, her lawyers insisted that Auriemma blackmailed and framed her for a payout—though Reggiani contradicted herself in court by saying, "It was worth every lira." Her lawyers also argued that a brain tumor Reggiani underwent surgery for in 1992, impaired the socialite, rendering her incapable of planning the crime. "In Pina’s eyes, Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli was a golden cow, to be milked for money," [they said.](https://apnews.com/article/8ee16ca6bb4fe9f08049780dee7106fb) Reggiani said on the TV show Storie Maledette, “I have to admit that for a time, I truly wanted to get rid of him. I wanted to do it and so I was going around asking for people to do it. But my intentions ended there—a mere obsession, a mere desire. What wife has never said, ‘I’d kill that guy?’” Following a five month trial, Reggiani and the rest of her co-conspirators were convicted of premeditated murder. She [was sentenced to 29 years](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/11/04/former-wife-convicted-in-gucci-murder/df6c387c-9a87-465c-9055-d15e604ed42a/) in prison. ## Where is Reggiani now? ![ejc5kk milan fashion week springsummer 2015 patrizia reggiani gucci widow of gucci returns to create for bozart featuring patrizia reggiani gucci where milan, italy when 17 sep 2014](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/ejc5kk-1629837396.jpg?crop=1.21xw:1.21xh;0,0&resize=980:) WENN US/Alamy She was placed in Milan's San Vittore prison, where she was allowed one special privilege negotiated by her lawyer. “I think I am a very strong person because I survived all these years in captivity,” she told The Guardian. “I slept a lot. I took care of my plants. I looked after Bambi, my pet ferret.” (Side note: Bambi was killed after being sat on by a fellow inmate.) In 2011, Reggiani had a chance of early release after being offered parole on the condition of finding a job. In her opinion at the time, the idea of being employed was blasphemous. She reportedly told her lawyer, "I’ve never worked in my life and I don’t intend to start now.” By 2014 she agreed to the terms and was released after 16 years in prison. She was first seen shopping in one of Milan's most popular streets, donning oversized glasses and toting her pet macaw on her shoulder. “I dream of returning to Gucci. I still feel like a Gucci—in fact, the most Gucci of all,” she [told the Italian press](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10879350/I-want-to-work-for-Gucci-says-black-widow-who-paid-for-heirs-murder.html). "I have the qualifications; for years I went shopping around the world. I came from the world of jewels, and it is to that world that I want to return.” Understandably, Gucci was not receptive to her public job application. Instead she began working as a design consultant for Bozart, a costume jewelry firm. However, she remarked to The Guardian in 2014 that she was unsatisfied with the wardrobe she'd now been subject to. At the time she said the relationship with her daughters was strained, as they had cut her off from the the fortune they inherited from Maurizio. "It's Zara," she said referring to her dress. "I don’t earn enough at this place to buy proper clothes." In subsequent years, the 72-year-old has given sporadic interviews about the case. Most recently, in March 2021, she [told Italian news outlet, Ansa,](https://www.tatler.com/article/patrizia-reggiani-says-she-had-husband-maurizio-gucci-killed-because-he-irritated-her) that she was happy with Lady Gaga's casting in The House of Gucci, but did have one complaint. "I’m annoyed by the fact that Lady Gaga is portraying me in the new Ridley Scott film without even having the courtesy or the good sense to come and meet me. It’s nothing to do with money because I won’t be taking a single cent from the film. It’s about common sense and respect. I say this with all the sympathy and appreciation that I have for her." ## The Gucci family does not approve of the Ridley Scott film. ![g00924rclady gaga stars as patrizia reggiani in ridley scott’shouse of guccia metro goldwyn mayer pictures filmphoto credit fabio lovino© 2021 metro goldwyn mayer pictures inc all rights reserved](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/house-of-gucci-g-00924-rc-rgb-1629837977.jpg?crop=0.669xw:1.00xh;0.0862xw,0&resize=980:) Fabio Lovino Now, when taking into account Maurizio's surviving family members, they aren't particularly happy about the upcoming movie. His second cousin, [Patrizia Gucci, told the AP](https://apnews.com/article/gucci-heirs-worry-depiction-ridley-scott-film-929388bfb17bede59522c188370b75fd) that she's reached out to Scott’s wife, Giannina Facio, but has not gotten a response. “We are truly disappointed. I speak on behalf of the family,” she said. “They are stealing the identity of a family to make a profit, to increase the income of the Hollywood system... Our family has an identity, privacy. We can talk about everything, but there is a borderline that cannot be crossed.” As for her more superficial complaints? For one, she thinks that Jared Leto's casting as Paolo Gucci is "Horrible, horrible." But that's not all. "My grandfather was a very handsome man, like all the Guccis, and very tall, blue eyes and very elegant," she said. "He is being played by Al Pacino, who is not very tall already, and this photo shows him as fat, short, with sideburns, really ugly. Shameful, because he doesn’t resemble him at all." [![House of Gucci](https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1629836105-41-9rhs87wl-sx328-bo1-204-203-200-1629836076.jpg?crop=1xw:0.9919839679358717xh;center,top&resize=980:)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060937750?tag=oprah-auto-20) Now 47% Off ## And there's more Gucci drama where that came from. If you can't quite wait for The House of Gucci drama and would like to dive into all of the chaos Patrizia Reggiani has to offer, we have options. First, the film is adapted from the 2000 book by Sara Gay Forden, [The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed.](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007US2Z7G/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1&tag=oprah-auto-20) There's also the 2021 documentary featuring interviews with Reggiani, Lady Gucci and 1997's Fashion Victim: The Last of the Guccis. [Watch "Lady Gucci" Now](https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Gucci-Patrizia-Reggiani-Season/dp/B092HS8C2H?tag=oprah-auto-20) [Watch "Fashion Victim" Now](https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=74968X1583755&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftv.apple.com%2Fus%2Fmovie%2Ffashion-victim-the-last-of-the-guccis%2Fumc.cmc.4gtrlwjk7t5f0odskuwtez4cs) ![Headshot of McKenzie Jean-Philippe](https://hips.hearstapps.com/rover/profile_photos/8a29eaaf-4b51-4a77-9b42-7ca210be8195_1538171707.jpg?fill=1:1&resize=120:) McKenzie Jean-Philippe is the editorial assistant at [OprahMag.com](http://oprahmag.com/) covering pop culture, TV, movies, celebrity, and lifestyle. She loves a great Oprah viral moment and all things Netflix—but come summertime, Big Brother* has her heart. On a day off you'll find her curled up with a new juicy romance novel.
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