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NEWS ABOUT: Raffaello Follieri

Raffaello Follieri stories: 10 news summaries
GLOSSIES

 Hathaway Tries On Her New Life 

Single after much-covered breakup with fraud, star faces new roles in life, on film

Dec 18, 08 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - After a split with her jail-bound boyfriend, Anne Hathaway is trying on new outfits in both her personal and professional lives, she tells Sally Singer in Vogue. A London shopping trip may find the star a bit uncertain, but colleagues don’t mince words in praising her on-screen growth: She’... More »

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fashion • London • Meryl Streep • Brokeback Mountain • Kate Hudson • Anne Hathaway • Raffaello Follieri • films • Bride Wars

 'Vati-Con' Agrees to Pay $3.6M 

Ann Hathaway's ex says he wants to repay fraud victims, but may be too broke

Dec 16, 08 4:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Raffaello Follieri, the jailed ex-boyfriend of actress Anne Hathaway who used alleged connections to the pope to scam investors, has agreed to return $3.6 million to victims, including two priests and celeb-billionaire Ron Burkle. It’s a small chunk of the $13 million the “Vati-Con” is accused of... More »

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fraud • Catholic Church • Ron Burkle • Vatican • real estate development • money laundering • Anne Hathaway • Raffaello Follieri



 Hathaway's 
 New Man a 
 Bad Seed, Too 

Shulman an 'opportunist,' actress 'addicted to losers:' source

Nov 19, 08 3:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Anne Hathaway has a “sexy” new man, and he’s no high-flying fraudster like her now-in-prison ex, but they may share a quality. Still-struggling actor Adam Shulman is an “opportunist,” a source tells the New York Post. “When he was at Brown [University], he went after... More »

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celebrity • dating • Anne Hathaway • Raffaello Follieri • Adam Shulman • Dukes of Hazzard

Hathaway's Ex 'Deteriorates'
in Prison

Con man Follieri can't handle 'filthy, smelly' conditions, bad food

Nov 13, 08 9:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Moving from his $37,500-a-month Trump Tower apartment into a windowless dorm room shared with 120 other inmates has not been good for Raffaello Follieri’s health, the New York Post reports. The convicted con man’s lawyer told a judge that Anne Hathaway’s ex has blood in his... More »

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prison • Italy • Vatican • celebrity • Anne Hathaway • Raffaello Follieri • con man

 Hathaway Mocks Conman Ex 

Actress' SNL monologue includes dig at Rafaello Follieri

Oct 6, 08 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Anne Hathaway made fun of her high-profile split with convicted fraudster Rafaello Follieri on Saturday Night Live, reports MSNBC. “I broke up with my boyfriend … and two weeks later he was sent to prison for fraud … I mean, we've all been there, right, ladies?” the actress said... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • Anne Hathaway • Raffaello Follieri

 Hathaway's Ex Cops a Plea

Admits laundered money used to fund his lavish lifestyle

Sep 10, 08 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wearing prison attire, Raffaelo Follieri pleaded guilty today to 14 federal counts of fraud and money laundering, Reuters reports. "I knew what I was doing was wrong," actress Anne Hathaway's ex said as he admitted misrepresenting his ties to the Vatican and using investors' money to fund his... More »

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fraud • Ron Burkle • Vatican • court • Anne Hathaway • Raffaello Follieri

Hathaway's Ex Considers Copping Plea 

High-living Follieri weighs deal with feds on fraud charges

Sep 9, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian entrepreneur Raffaello Follieri may plead guilty as soon as today to fraud and money-laundering, the Wall Street Journal reports. Anne Hathaway's ex could still opt for a trial. He faces federal charges that carry a sentence of up to 5 years, even with the plea deal, but the government's... More »

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fraud • Catholic Church • Ron Burkle • Vatican • real estate development • money laundering • Anne Hathaway • Raffaello Follieri

GLOSSIES

How 'Vati-Con' Follieri
Fooled the World

Hathaway's boy toy lived large on Other People's Money

Sep 8, 08 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Raffaello Follieri has been sensationalized as some new kind of con man, but Anne Hathaway’s ex is actually an old archetype, Michael Shnayerson writes in Vanity Fair. Like the heroes of 19th-century social novels, Follieri is a young man from the provinces who conquered the world, got the girl—... More »

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Anne Hathaway • Raffaello Follieri • con man

Feds Confiscate Hathaway's Diaries

Actress could be
drawn into fraud case against ex-boyfriend

Jul 24, 08 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Anne Hathaway could be drawn into the scandal surrounding her ex-boyfriend. The FBI has seized the actress’ diaries, looking for evidence in the fraud investigation against Raffaello Follieri. They also confiscated personal photos of the pair, along with other documents, a Tiffany clock, watches, and an antique Bible. Hathaway hasn’... More »

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FBI • fraud • crime • Anne Hathaway • Raffaello Follieri

High-Rolling Hathaway Ex Charged With Fraud

Raffaelo Follieri said to use Vatican in scam, which ensnared billionaire Burkle, others

Jun 24, 08 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Actress Anne Hathaway’s ex-boyfriend was charged today with defrauding investors of millions with a real-estate scheme in which Raffaello Follieri claimed intimate connections with the Vatican, the Smoking Gun reports. Billionaire Ron Burkle appears to be the "principal investor" scammed by Follieri, 29, who used Burkle’s money... More »

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fraud • Ron Burkle • Vatican • Anne Hathaway • Raffaello Follieri

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