Agnelli heir Elkann arrested in New York over false reporting of incident

IIG SpA in Liquidazione

29/11/2016 09:16

NEWYORK/MILAN, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Lapo Elkann, grandson of 
late Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli,  was arrested and charged in 
New York with falsely reporting an incident, police said on 
Tuesday after media reported that he was suspected of faking his 
own kidnapping. 
    The police spokesman said there was an investigation into an 
"unlawful imprisonment" which turned out to be false 
information. He said Elkann, 39, had been released following the 
charge and the matter was now in court. He had no other details. 
    American and Italian newspapers quoted unidentified police 
sources, including in New York, that Elkann had allegedly faked 
his own kidnapping over the weekend after he ran out of cash 
during a Thanksgiving weekend bash in the city. 
    Elkann's publicist declined to comment. The Agnelli family's 
investment holding Exor  EXOR.MI  had no comment.   
    Elkann, who is also the brother of Fiat Chrysler  FCHA.MI  
Chairman John Elkann and heir to Italy's biggest industrial 
dynasty, nearly died of a drug overdose in 2005 after collapsing 
in the apartment of a transsexual prostitute.  
    In 2007 he founded sunglasses company Italia Independent 
 IINT.MI , which debuted on the Milan stock market in 2013.  
     
 
 (Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in New York and Agnieszka Flak in 
Milan; editing by Mark Heinrich) 
 ((agnieszka.flak@thomsonreuters.com; +39 02 6612 9450; Reuters 
Messaging: agnieszka.flak.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) 
 
Keywords: USA ELKANN/