The first details of the agreement between the influencer and the consumer protection association have emerged, which will withdraw the complaint

Patrizia Chimera

December 28 – 1.11pm – MILAN

Agreement reached between Chiara Ferragni and the Codacons as regards the so-called Pandoro Gatethe case that ended up in court regarding the charity done by the influencer with the sale of a special edition of Balocco pandoro (and also Easter eggs from Dolci Preziosi). The Competition and Market Authority has also taken action, asking the Special Antitrust Unit of the Guardia di Finanza whether the compensatory transition was it closed or not and at what price.

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Chiara Ferragni and the agreement with the codacons

According to what emerged, the influencer will have to compensate consumers represented by Codacons and the Association of Radio and Television Services Users, who had sued her for fraud after the purchase of the Pink Christmas pandoro in 2021. In addition you will also have to pay 200 thousand euros to charity: recipient of the sum is an organization that defends women victims of violence.

the judicial investigation

Thanks to the agreement, finalized by the lawyers Marcello Bana and Giuseppe Iannaccone, for Ferragni, and Carlo Rienzi, president of the consumer association, many legal problems that have made this 2024 really difficult to face could be resolved in the best possible way for the influencer (trouble to which are added those linked to the separation from her husband Fedez).

Chiara FerragniIn fact, she is under investigation for aggravated fraud. If the Codacons withdraws the complaints, as it seems it will do after the completion of the agreement between the parties, the Milan Prosecutor’s Office could decide to review the accusations made against the digital entrepreneur and contained in the investigation closed in October. The investigation, inherent to the complaints collected by Codacons throughout Italy, concerns not only Chiara Ferragni, but also her former collaborator, Fabio Damato, Alessandra BaloccoCEO of the Piedmontese company, e Francesco Cannillopresident of Cerealitalia-ID. The influencer’s lawyers, underlining that their client had not committed any fraud, recalled that in the meantime the entrepreneur had already made the relevant payments to the Regina Margherita hospital in Turin and to the Bambini delle faite association. For the two lawyers, the “affair has no criminal relevance and the controversial aspects have already been addressed and resolved” before the Antitrust.



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