Adventurer and brawler Lapo Elkann is well known for his eccentric deeds. The heir to the empire of Fiat repeatedly tested the strength of law enforcement officers on both sides of the Atlantic and he successfully got away with it. Elkann's latest escapade was unsuccessful, the US police did not appreciate the sense of humor of the millionaire and lobbied Lapo in staging his own kidnapping.
Elkann lost control over himself!
Western media characterize a millionaire as a carefree and lazy snob, as far as reality is difficult to say, but the pedigree of the 39-year-old Italian is worthy of an action-packed saga. Father - a writer, grandfather - an Italian politician, great-grandfather - Russian Governor-General of St. Petersburg, perhaps with such a family tree is difficult to become a law-abiding citizen.
In 2003, the car concern, which includes the brands Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Maserati and Ferrari, went under the leadership of the two brothers, John and Lapo. The presidency took over the elder brother John, Lapo engaged in marketing and promotion.
What was the reason for incriminating such a serious crime? Weekends in New York began every day for Lapo, in Manhattan apartments he organized a party and the guests were more than happy with the abundance of alcohol and drugs. When it's time to pay a solid account of 10 thousand dollars, there were problems with the cards. Lapo decided to go all-in and staged his own kidnapping. So this story was presented to the public by the police of New York.
Who is the kidnapper: man or woman?
In the role of insidious kidnapper was a friend of a millionaire, 29-year-old transgender Curtis McKinstry. The Italian family was told that Lapo was taken hostage by a crazy woman and urgently required to pay 10 thousand dollars. The ransom price for the rich Italian family is small, but they did not want to negotiate with the "kidnapper", having transferred the case to the hands of the American police. A couple of days later, Elkann came to his senses and wrote a statement about his own abduction.
As a result of the investigation, Curtis McKinstry was arrested and questioned. What the man testified was unknown, but soon Lapo was in the cell for the defendants, and Curtis was released. Policemen of New York presented the millionaire with a charge of staging their own kidnapping and extortion. Family representatives do not comment on what happened.
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Not a day without a scandal!
Note that Elkann is not the first time involved in a scandalous story, in 2005 he almost died of an overdose in the red light district of the Italian Turin. Then Lapo gave a candid interview to the tabloid Vanity Fair and pledged to tie up with drugs.
The next loud scandal occurred recently and was again associated with the use of illegal drugs. In 2015, the paparazzi found a millionaire in sexually compromising poses and with drugs. Having paid the ransom and received the originals of the photographs, he "gave the blackmailers with an easy hand" to Italian justice.
What will end with the current story is difficult to imagine, but American justice is unlikely to give concessions to millionaire Lapo Elkann.