She was shocked to discover that he had relocated with a woman named Paola Franchi, under the guise of a business trip.
The couple had two daughters but things began to grow sour between them around 1985. She was born in Vignola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy in 1948 and she and Maurizio (played by Adam Driver) met when they were both in their 20s, eventually marrying in 1972. He was killed by his ex-wife, Patrizia Reggiani, an Italian socialite who is often referred to by both media and the public as the “Black Widow”.
The Italian businessman was famous as the figurehead of Gucci, the world-renowned fashion house. Whisking audiences back to the year 1995, House of Gucci explores the events pre and post Maurizio Gucci’s murder.
House of Gucci tells the true story of Patrizia Reggiani