Italy’s most famous influencer, Chiara Ferragni, has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing in a 2-million-euro ($2.33 million) fraud case involving Christmas cakes, Easter eggs and children with cancer.
A judge in Milan ruled Wednesday that aggravated fraud charges against Ferragni relating to her alleged promise to donate proceeds from sales of a limited edition, pink-boxed “pandoro” Christmas cake to a children’s cancer charity were not admissible in court.
Prosecutors had requested a 20-month prison sentence for the 38-year-old fashion and make-up influencer.
“Everything we have done, we have done in good faith, none of us has profited,” she told the court at a hearing…