IS was President of the Chamber of Deputies. But also businesswoman, television presenter And author. Now Irene Pivetti, 59, works in a social restaurant in Monza and lives in a dormitory adjacent to the restaurant with a thousand euros a month. An incredible change of life that has also come due to a legal matter that sees her involved and which led to the seizure of almost 3.5 million euros in what was his company.
Irene Pivetti: after the kidnapping of 3.5 million euros, she now lives on a thousand euros a month
In September the Supreme Court confirmed the seizure of almost 3.5 million euros against the former conductor, accused of tax evasion and money laundering. And for one of his consultants, Pier Domenico Peirone, the kidnapping was almost half a million euros. According to the prosecution, in fact, Pivetti would have bought three Ferrari Gran Turismo to launder money accumulated by evading the tax authorities. In the middle there is Only Italya Pivetti company that would have acted as an intermediary for the Team Racing of the pilot Leonardo Isolani.
In an interview with the weekly People, the former Speaker of the Chamber told of his new daily life. Now Irene Pivetti coordinates the restaurant Smack, canteen of a social center in Monza. “I live in the adjacent dormitory. It’s more comfortable, because I don’t have a car. Besides, I couldn’t afford it“, he said.
And he confessed. «I support myself with the one thousand euros per month that the social cooperative gives me for the work I do in the canteen. There are people who don’t even have those. The life I am leading is very rewarding“.
Irene Pivetti from Barbara D’Urso: “I’m lucky for the people I meet every day”
Guest at Afternoon Five from Barbara D’Urso, Irene Pivetti told of her life, far from the ease of the past. “I serve meals in a social restaurant in the San Fruttuoso district of Monza. There is nothing terrible about this, on the contrary … It is a beautiful thing and I am very happy. I am really lucky for the people I meet every day also because there is a good family atmosphere. This is the thing that counts… ».
And he continued, with a big smile on his face. “It’s a perfectly normal neighborhood, there’s nothing to tear your clothes about. But surely sociability was very lacking. And to be able to bring back to a beautiful neighborhood a non-competitive space where even with little you can eat well and feel good together, as perhaps it once did, with the utmost simplicity, it is a beautiful thing. I consider it a great fortune ».
Irene Pivetti at Porta a Porta, on April 28, 2017 in Rome. Credit: ANSA / MASSIMO PERCOSSI
The money seized? “They don’t concern me anymore”
Compared to the place where he decided to work he then told. “It is nice to be able to build something that is very healthy together with other frailties. Someone even wrote “the soup kitchen”. It is by no means a soup kitchen. It is a fun family restaurant, where you can come and eat well, have pizza, watch the game, etc… ».
And finally, the former Speaker of the House spoke about the process in which she is involved. ‘The money seized? They were from the company. These are money that no longer concern me. They concern a company that no longer exists. The only point that is important to me about all that judicial affair is that, when it comes, calmly because I’m not in a hurry, come out. the truth. My honor. Yes, that’s the thing I really care about. I have not defrauded anyone. I haven’t done any of the things I’ve been accused of. There will certainly be a way to demonstrate, line by line, how things really went. “
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