She was convicted in a highly publicized trial of hiring a hitman to kill her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci.
[7][8] Patrizia became active in New York social circles, making regular appearances at parties and fashion events and even became friends with Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
As part of the divorce settlement, Gucci agreed to pay Patrizia an annual alimony of $1.47 million.
"[16][17][18] A year after his divorce, on 27 March 1995, Maurizio Gucci was shot and killed by a hitman on the steps outside his office as he arrived at work.
The trial garnered intense media interest, with the local press dubbing her the "Black Widow".
The impending marriage would have cut her alimony in half, reducing her annual monetary assistance to $860,000 a year, which, according to her, amounted to "a bowl of lentils".
[32] In October 2011, she became eligible for parole under a work-release programme but refused, saying, "I've never worked in my life, and I'm certainly not going to start now.
It was directed by Ridley Scott and starred singer and actress Lady Gaga as Reggiani.