Chiara Ferragni’s next front-row seat will be in a courtroom. The Italian fashion megainfluencer is expected to appear in court in Milan on November 25, where she faces charges of aggravated fraud for a scandal involving Pandoro Christmas cakes. If convicted, she could face up to five years in prison.

At the end of 2023, Italy’s Competition Authority accused Ferragni of misleading the public about charitable donations related to the sale of Chiara-branded holiday cakes. That scandal kicked off an avalanche of tough headlines for Ferragni, who subsequently went through a messy divorce from Federico Leonardo Lucia, a popular Italian rapper known as Fedez. In 2024, it was unclear how Ferragni’s €75 million empire — which at one point included a talent agency for influencers, real estate, her

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