Reggiani, who was called “the Black Widow”, by Italian tabloids and “Lady Gucci”, in more gentle circles, admitted that she had been called “Lady Gucci”. wanting her ex-husband dead, livid over his impending marriage to a much younger woman and his $170 million windfall from the sale of his Gucci stock in 1993, two years after their divorce was finalized. She admitted that she was happy to be dead and thought all of her troubles were gone.
But she maintained her innocence in the murder-for-hire plot, telling writer Sara Gay Forden in correspondence from jail, “Maurizio was a man that I had loved most, despite all of his mistakes.'”
Reggiani and four accomplices were convicted of murder after a five-month-long trial in 1998.
She was born in Vignola, a northern Italian city. Maurizio Gucci were both 24 years old when they married in 1973—despite his father Rodolfo Gucci‘s concerns.
“Be careful, Maurizio,” Rodolfo told him, per Forden’s 2000 book House of Gucci. “I received some information concerning the girl. Her sound is not what I like. According to my sources, she’s a vulgar and ambitious woman who is obsessed with money. Maurizio: She isn’t the right girl for you.
To which his son replied, “Papá, I can’t leave her. She is my best friend.”
Reggiani convinced Maurizio that he should be more ambitious with his Gucci role. It was their union that he rose to the top of Gucci. Forden explained that Reggiani had looked up to Patrizia as a young man to help him stand up against his father. But, as he gained power, he was oppressed and felt beaten by her criticisms. New York Post. They divorced in 1985.
First sentenced to 29 year imprisonment for paying $375,000 in order to see Maurizio die. A court of appeal reduced her sentence to 26-years and released her in October 2016. According to Britain’s Telegraph, a court ruled that she was legally entitled to an annual allowance of $1.2 million from Maurizio’s estate, plus back payments from the 17 years she was in prison, per the terms of an agreement he signed two years before he was killed.
“Maurizio loved me always, he wanted to me have the best,” Patrizia stated. People Magazine investigates: Fashion CrimesIn 2018. In 2018. Incryptically she also stated, “I’m not guilty but I’m not innocent.” “All the events that occurred were an error.”