Patrizia Reggiani’s life forever changed on March 27, 1995 when her ex-husband, fashion heir Maurizio Gucci, was shot dead by a stylishly dressed gunman outside his Milan office-but it was not grief she initially felt.
Yes, Patrizia Gucci is still alive. She was 72 years old at the time House of Gucci was released.
In the book, which was first published in 2001, author Sara Gay Forden tells the sensational true story of how Maurizio Gucci was murdered on the morning of March 27, 1995, in Milan, and the events that led to the arrest of his ex-wife, Patrizia Reggiani, a.k.a. the “Black Widow.”
The sale ended the Gucci family’s association with Gucci. Maurizio and Patrizia married in 1972 and had two daughters. Their first daughter, Alessandra, was born in 1977, followed by their second daughter, Allegra, in 1981.
How much money did Lady Gucci get after her jail time?
There was a silver lining for Lady Gucci, though; after her jail time, despite conspiring to murder her ex-husband, was that Reggiani was still entitled to her divorce settlement, which provided her with an estimated 1 million a year, meaning over 16 million in backpay post-jail time.
When Patrizia Reggiani married Maurizio Gucci in 1972, the pair quickly became an Italian celebrity power couple. Gucci, after ousting the rest of his relatives from the family business — the Gucci fashion empire — was the CEO of the global brand and Reggiani was his stylish, globe-trotting wife. After the birth of the couple’s two daughters, Alessandra and Allegra, along with claims of infidelity toward Maurizio, the couple’s whirlwind marriage began to deteriorate after just ten years. Add in Gucci’s seemingly maniacal control of the Gucci company and his eventual buyout deal with Bahrain-based Investcorp for over $150 million in 1993, Reggiani hated her ex-husband and felt that the Gucci family had lost its high status amongst Milan’s elite. “Losing the family business. It was stupid. It was a failure. I was filled with rage…” Reggiani, AKA Lady Gucci, told The Guardian in 2016. “He shouldn’t have done that to me.”
The House of Gucci biopic, starring Lady Gaga as Lady Gucci and Adam Driver as Maurizio Gucci, is slated for a November 2021 release. While Reggiani isn’t really connected to the Ridley Scott-directed film, it’s possible that she just may cut a check at the end anyway.
The House of Gucci biopic, starring Lady Gaga as Lady Gucci and Adam Driver as Maurizio Gucci, is slated for a November 2021 release. While Reggiani isn’t really connected to the Ridley Scott-directed film, it’s possible that she just may cut a check at the end anyway.
The ex-head of the luxury house was gunned down in the lobby of his office building in 1995, but it wasn’t until 1997 that Reggiani and four others, including a hired hitman, were charged with the murder.
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