It’s been two years to the day since Gina Lollobrigida passed away at the age of 95! Leaving behind an impressive filmography from her acting career but also very beautiful images taken as a photographer in the second part of her life. Very prolific activities which should have allowed his heirs to receive a nice sum. This is not the case. While his assets were once estimated at more than ten million euros, there was ultimately almost nothing left. At least, that’s what the star’s son, Andrea Milko Skofic, said, who took the opportunity to accuse his famous mother’s gardener, Andrea Piazzolla, a 37-year-old hunk, of having abused her. who played Esmeralda in Notre-Dame of Paris in 1956. But then, what is really happening?
It all started in 2009 when the young man asked the former Hollywood star to trim his hedges in his super villa located in via Appia Antica in Rome. Very quickly, the latter will interfere in the life of the old lady to the point of becoming the director of the three companies which manage her fortune. The complicity between this figure of world cinema and the young man blinded by glitter is such that the historical entourage is ousted. Gina Lollobrigida’s manager and lawyer are thus fired. As for the family, they are refused entry. Even the grandson, DImitri, who lived for years in a guest house located in the garden, becomes persona non grata. Meanwhile, Andrea Piazzolla enjoys the gifts of her benefactress. And the evidence is piling up against him. Particularly when three of the star’s Roman apartments are sold, for the benefit of the latter. Or when Bvlgari jewelry is put up for auction bringing in the astronomical sum of five million euros, initially intended to finance research on stem cells, but of which the laboratories will only receive 1% of the sum. It’s too much for the star’s descendants who, seeing their inheritance go up in smoke, finally decide to take legal action.
Gina Lollobrigida will affirm until the end that she made donations of her own free will
In 2023, after a resounding trial that excited all of Italy, Andrea Piazzolla is sentenced to three years in prison for taking advantage of Gina Lollobrigida’s fragility. He must also pay 450,000 euros to the star’s son. A decision perceived as unfair by the gardener then the assistant: “Gina represented a life model for me, I learned a lot from her. She made me the person I am today and no one can take that away from me. I understand that our relationship was so deep that it was difficult to understand.” As for the one that was put on screen by Gérard Philipe in Fanfan the Tulipshe affirmed until the end that she made donations to her trusted man of her own free will. A theory refuted by her son who, despite the court decision, saw a large part of his mother’s fortune pass under his nose. An ending worthy of the best Cinecittà productions…
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