Chico Forti

Pike's son Dale flew to Miami in February 1998 to find out what was going on, after he discovered a fax where his father (who had dementia) apparently signed the hotel and resort over to Forti.

[3] Forti was sentenced to life in a Florida prison for killing Dale Pike, and state courts rejected his appeals on the murder conviction.

[3] Forti claims the Miami Dade Police Department, prosecutor Reid Rubin and judge Victoria Platzer fabricated evidence to punish him for his documentary on Versace's killer Cunanan.

The transfer was conditioned upon an assurance from the Italian government that Forti would complete the prison sentence given to him in Florida, plus consent of the victim's next of kin.

On March 1, 2024, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced during her mission in the US that an agreement upon Forti's release and return to Italy was reached.

[11] Enrico Forti asked the mafia clan known as 'ndrangheta to silence two journalists, Marco Travaglio and Selvaggia Lucarelli, who published articles about his criminal records.