The legal battle between the Elkanns and their mother over the inheritance left by lawyer Agnelli will resume in Turin. The Milanese Gip Lidia Castellucci has instructed the public prosecutors to collect the testimonies of the people who took care of the inventories of the inherited goods and to consult all the "competent" databases, including those of the Ministry of Culture and the S.U.E. (Export Offices System) platform.
Investigation by the Milan Prosecutor's Office
The investigations of the Milan Prosecutor's Office will have to continue, focusing on the treasure of Giovanni Agnelli, 13 works of art that adorned Villa Frescot and Villar Perosa in Turin and a family residence in Rome, disappeared years ago and now claimed by the daughter Margherita, the only heir after the death of her mother and wife of the Lawyer, Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto, who had the usufruct of the goods. While the 'legal battle' over the inheritance left by the Lawyer will resume in Turin, the Milanese Gip Lidia Castellucci, partially accepting the suggestions written in black and white by Margherita in opposition to the request for archiving of the investigation, has indicated to the public prosecutor Cristian Barilli and the deputy prosecutor Eugenio Fusco to collect the testimonies of Paola Montalto and Tiziana Russi, both trusted people of Marella Caracciolo, who took care of the inventories of the inherited goods, and to consult all the "competent" databases, including those of the Ministry of Culture and the S.U.E. (Export Offices System) platform. According to the judge, who instead archived the position of a Swiss gallery owner and his collaborator investigated for receiving stolen goods based on the deposition of a private investigator who found no evidence (according to 007 they would have kept the artistic heritage in a vault in Chiasso), further checks could be useful to identify who made the collection composed of paintings by Monet, Picasso, Balla, De Chirico, Balthus, Gérome, Sargent, Indiana and Mathieu disappear.
Margherita has repeatedly denounced the disappearance of the collection, casting shadows also on the three children of the first marriage: John, Lapo and Ginevra Elkann, and in particular on the eldest. Who "of the fate or locations of such works", knew "to report anything". And since the aim is now to recover them after they have vanished due to various moves, it "seems useful to proceed with the examination" of the two women who "took care of the inventories of the properties" and who, therefore, "could be aware of relevant information" regarding the movements of the paintings and the "possible presence of paper inventories drawn up by them". And then to "check the movements of such works, it seems appropriate" to carry out checks on the databases including those of the ministry. Finally, as a result of a ruling by the Cassation, the criminal proceedings promoted by Margherita against her children John, Lapo and Ginevra Elkann for a question related to her father's inheritance are being discussed again in the Turin court. The trial had been suspended pending the outcome of two cases in Switzerland, but yesterday the Supreme Court rejected the Elkanns' appeal, as legal sources close to their mother have let it be known, and it established that the "Italian jurisdiction is fully applicable", cancelling the Turin ordinance. "In the check that these judges will be called to carry out - the lawyers stress - they will also have to take into account Marella Caracciolo's habitual residence", which in their opinion was in Italy, "and the opposability of the 2004 settlement agreement in the Agnelli succession, with possible significant repercussions on the ownership structures of Dicembre", the company that is headed by the heirs.
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