Chiara Ferragni has finally spoken out about one of the most painful chapters of her life—both personally and publicly. After months of silence, pressure, and scrutiny, she describes the moment the court officially closed the case known as Pandoro Gate as nothing short of emotional release.
When the fraud accusations were dropped—following the withdrawal of complaints after compensation—Ferragni says the weight she had been carrying finally lifted.
“I hugged my lawyer, Giuseppe Iannaccone, and just broke down crying,” she told Corriere della Sera. “It felt unreal, like a scene from a movie.”
For her, the case marked the end of a nightmare. A long, exhausting stretch of life where, as she puts it, “everything that could go wrong, did.” Still, she never lost faith. Deep down, she always believed there would be a positive ending, simply because there was no real basis for fraud.
Looking back, Ferragni explains why the accusations never made sense to her. At the time, she and her team were at the peak of their success.
“Why would we risk everything over a charity-linked pandoro project that wouldn’t earn us a single extra euro?” she said. “I only saw it as something good—donating medical equipment to a hospital.”
Today, she admits something many people rarely do in public: she was naive.
“We knew mistakes were possible, and yes, mistakes were made—but in good faith,” Ferragni said. The real issue, she explains, was failing to recognize that even well-intentioned initiatives carry risks if they’re not handled properly.
Her massive public exposure, once an undeniable advantage, suddenly turned into a liability.
“This visibility gave me so much over the years,” she said, “but during that period, it brought almost only disadvantages.”
That’s why she chose silence. Not because she had nothing to say—but because she was afraid.
“I felt that anything I said could be used against me,” she admitted, calling it one of the hardest experiences of her life.
As if the legal pressure weren’t enough, Ferragni was also dealing with the very public breakup from Fedez.
“The separation happened at the one moment I truly needed support,” she said. “I felt completely abandoned. I suffered deeply.”
That combination—legal stress, public judgment, and personal loss—changed her.
“The ‘perfect’ person people thought I was, with that aura I never asked for but somehow helped build, doesn’t exist anymore,” Ferragni said honestly.
What replaces that image is something far more grounded.
Now, she wants to be more aware, more careful, and above all, more real.
With the court chapter officially closed, Ferragni says she’s ready to celebrate—not extravagantly, but meaningfully.
“I told all my friends to come over,” she shared. “We’ll just be together. Calm. Present.”
And then, simply: “I’m finally starting to live again.”