Fabrizio Corona
Fabrizio Corona in 2009
Born (1974-03-29) 29 March 1974
Catania, Italy
Known for
  • Actor
  • photographic agent
  • television and media personality
  • controversies
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Spouse
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(m. 2001⁠–⁠2007)​
PartnerBelén Rodríguez (2009–12)
ChildrenCarlos Maria Corona (b. 2002)

Fabrizio Maria Corona (born 29 March 1974)[1] is an Italian entrepreneur and playboy.[2]

He is a former partner and director of Corona's, a photographic agency in Milan. He was involved in the Vallettopoli scandal, in which politicians, celebrities and socialites were photographed in potentially embarrassing situations (often sexual in nature) and extorted of funds to insure the photos were not made public. In 2015 he was sentenced by the Italian Supreme Court to 13 years and 2 months' imprisonment.[3][4]

Career

Corona was born in Catania, Sicily to a family of journalists, the son of Vittorio and Gabriella Corona. He has two brothers, Francesco and Federico.[5]

A former partner and administrator of Corona's, a photographic agency in Milan, Corona was the central figure in a series of investigations into the 2007 extortion scandal known as Vallettopoli, which involved many celebrities in the entertainment business and sports. He was arrested and spent 77 days in prison;[6] however, on 29 May 2007, he was released but placed under house arrest.[7] He wrote a book, La mia Prigione (My Prison), about his experiences as a result of the Vallettopoli scandal which received much attention from the Italian media.

In March 2009, he was a participant in the reality show La fattoria. Corona made his acting debut in May 2010 in the television drama series Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi 2 which was broadcast on Mediaset's Canale 5 in the role of Mafia boss Ivo Principe, nicknamed Catanese.

Also, in 2009, he was charged over blackmail photos.[8] In 2013 he was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, became a fugitive but finally gave himself up after four days.[9]

Corona also appeared as himself in Erik Gandini's expository documentary, Videocracy, in which his relationships with political and television industry moguls such as Lele Mora and Silvio Berlusconi are explored. He discusses his business, jail time, and celebrity as well.

Corona appeared in photographs advertising the 2010 collection of a line of designer watches.

Corona collaborated with Maurizio Mian on creating a reality television show, I Magnifici Cinque (English: The Magnificent Five).[10] In 2017 Corona stated in one of his court appearances that Mian had paid him €1.7m to promote the "crazy" project.[11]

In 2015 he was definitively sentenced by the Italian Supreme Court to 13 years and 2 months' imprisonment for crimes for which he was previously convicted.[3][4] In December 2019, he was placed under house arrest on medical grounds.[12][13] In March 2021, a court in Milan ordered his return to prison.[14]

Personal life

From January 2009[15] to April 2012[16] Corona was romantically involved with Argentine showgirl and model Belén Rodríguez which attracted much gossip and publicity.[17]

From his former marriage to Croatian model Nina Morić, Fabrizio Corona has one son, Carlos Maria Corona, who was born in 2002.

References

  1. ↑ "Biografia di Fabrizio Corona".
  2. ↑ Fabrizio Corona playboy
  3. 1 2 "Fabrizio Corona, la Cassazione: "No allo sconto di pena"". Liberoquotidiano.it (in Italian). 28 January 2015. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Fabrizio Corona, Cassazione annulla sconto di pena da 13 a 9 anni". ilfattoquotidiano.it (in Italian). 28 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Fabrizio Corona|La Fattoria - Yahoo! TV, retrieved 19 May 2010
  6. ↑ Corriere della sera. arrestato Corona espatria vietato per Mora, 13 March 2007
  7. ↑ La Repubblica. Inchiesta vip:Gip Potenza concede domiciliari a Corona, 29 May 2007
  8. ↑ "Italian paparazzo Fabrizio Corona charged over blackmail photos - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. London. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "La Stampa. Fabrizio corona latitante forse e fuggito all estero". January 2013.
  10. ↑ Monaci, Andrea (9 January 2013). "I Magnifici 5 il reality Web sulla conquista della felicità arriva in Tv" (in Italian). UrbanPost. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Corona: "La gente mi pagava per avere visibilità, in questo ambiente si buttano via soldi"" (in Italian). Il Giorno. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  12. ↑ "Fabrizio Corona esce dal carcere, per lui detenzione domiciliare 'umanitaria'" (in Italian). 9 December 2020. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019.
  13. ↑ Bassi C (9 March 2021). "Scuse di Corona. Ma per il pg deve tornare ancora in cella" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 20 March 2021.
  14. ↑ Guastella G (11 March 2021). "Fabrizio Corona torna in carcere, sui social se la prende con i magistrati". corriere.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 16 March 2021.
  15. ↑ corriere.it
  16. ↑ corriere.it
  17. ↑ Corriere della sera, 14 January 2009, retrieved 19 May 2010

See also

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