Social media star says ‘justice has been done’ in cases involving cakes and Easter eggs being promoted as charitable initiatives
The Italian fashion influencer Chiara Ferragni has said “the nightmare is over” after being acquitted on fraud charges in a trial linked to Christmas cake and Easter egg charity initiatives.
The social media star, 38, had been on trial in Milan accused of duping consumers in two separate fundraisers – one a Christmas campaign in 2022 promoting pandoro cake, an alternative to the more famous panettone, and the other selling chocolate eggs during Easter campaigns in 2021 and 2022.
Prosecutors had requested a sentence of one year and eight months for aggravated fraud.
“The nightmare is over,” Ferragni told reporters after her acquittal on Wednesday. “I am very happy to take control of my life and get my life back. It has been a very difficult two years. I had faith in justice, and justice has been done.”
