Fashion icons Dolce, Gabbana convicted in Italy of tax crime
By Livia Borghese and Greg Botelho, CNN
"Fashion luminaries Domenico Dolce and
Stefano Gabbana were sentenced to prison in Italy Wednesday for failing
to pay 40.4 million euros in taxes to the Italian government, their
lawyer and a prosecutor said.
"This time it was not the
case like the invoice for car repair," prosecutor Laura Pedio said of
the crime for which the fashion duo was convicted. "This time it's
serious, complicated, sophisticated tax fraud crime."
Both men were sentenced
to one year and eight months in prison and, in addition to what they owe
in taxes, told to pay a fine of 500,000 euros. Their lawyer, Massimo
Dinoia, vowed that the defense plans to appeal the convictions as well
as the related fines and sentences.
"Dolce and Gabbana will not go to jail now or ever," Dinoia said.
Four others associated
with the upscale Dolce & Gabbana brand -- including Domenico's
brother Alfonso Dolce and company tax consultant Luciano Patelli -- also
face prison time, though Dinoia and Pedio did not know the length of
all their sentences.
While the decision was announced Wednesday morning
in a Milan court, authorities did not immediately release details to the
media or public..." (MORE ONLINE)
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