"Lady Gucci," who had her ex-husband killed, could soon inherit $23M fortune

Rome — Patrizia Reggiani — better known as "Lady Gucci," the infamous orchestrator of her ex-husband Maurizio Gucci's assassination — could soon be handed a massive inheritance despite her murder conviction, following a court ruling that could give Reggiani control of her late mother's 20 million euro (just shy of $23 million) fortune. Reggiani served 18 years in prison for the 1995 premeditated murder of her ex-husband, who had been heir to the Gucci fashion house fortune. She was sentenced in 1998 to 29 years in prison, but got an early release in 2016. On Monday, a Milan court invalidated the will of Reggiani's mother, Silvana Barbieri, saying irregularities rendered the document legally void. The contested will had left all of the family's assets to an entity called the Fernando and Silvana Reggiani Foundation, which was formed, headed and run by former family lawyer Maurizio Enrico Carlo Giani. But the Milan court found that evidence cited during recent proceedings undermined the document's validity. Maurizio Gucci's ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli, right, talks to her mother Silvana Barbieri in a Milan courtroom, Oct. 29, 1998, during a break in final arguments before Reggiani was convicted of orchestrating the murder of her ex-husband, fashion scion Maurizio Gucci. AP Photo/Luca Bruno According to Italian media reports, Barbieri executed her will from her hospital bed in 2018 at the age of 90, with the assistance of a notary and her lawyer, Giani. …