Ciao, bella: International con artist and Anne Hathaway's ex boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri, got handed a 4 1/2 year prison sentence after pleading guilty to 14 counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering.
The Italian gentleman had promised investors, including Clintonite/Jared Paul Stern-outer Ron Burkle, that he would use his connections to the Vatican to ensure their money was put in the right expenditures, Follieri instead used the cash to pony up expensive trips and gifts for Hathaway, while living with his parents in a $37,000-a-month apartment. So he may have been a terrible liar, but he was a wonderful son:
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Anne Hathaway’s boyfriend of four years, Raffaelo Follieri, was arrested in New York Thursday for bouncing a check worth $250,000.
It’s reported Follieri, an Italian property developer, went willingly with police officers to work out the misunderstanding, so there were no handcuffs or loud sirens involved. That spared him of any humiliation until the gossip blogs could get wind of the story.
