Fabrizio Corona

{{Short description|Italian entrepreneur, media personality, and paparazzo}}

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Media personality
photographic agent
entrepreneur

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|3|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Catania, Italy

| partner = Belén Rodríguez (2009–12)

| spouse = {{marriage|Nina Morić|2001|2007}}

| children = Carlos Maria Corona (b. 2002)

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Fabrizio Maria Corona (born 29 March 1974){{Cite web|url=http://www.cinquantamila.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=CORONA+Fabrizio|title = Biografia di Fabrizio Corona}} is an Italian media personality and entrepreneur.[https://www.leggo.it/AMP/gossip/fabrizio_corona_playboy_inarrestabile_dopo_la_rodriguez_eccolo_la_figlia_di_ligresti-1541149.html Fabrizio Corona playboy]

He is a former partner and director of Corona's, a photographic agency in Milan. He was involved in the Vallettopoli scandal, in which politicians, celebrities and socialites were photographed in potentially embarrassing situations (often sexual in nature) and extorted funds to ensure the photos were not made public. In 2015 he was sentenced by the Italian Supreme Court to 13 years and 2 months' imprisonment.

Career

Corona was born in Catania, Sicily to a family of journalists, the son of Vittorio and Gabriella Corona. He has two brothers, Francesco and Federico.Fabrizio Corona|La Fattoria - Yahoo! TV, retrieved 19 May 2010

A former partner and administrator of Corona's, a photographic agency in Milan, Corona was the central figure in a series of investigations into the 2007 extortion scandal known as Vallettopoli, which involved many celebrities in the entertainment business and sports. He was arrested and spent 77 days in prison;Corriere della sera. arrestato Corona espatria vietato per Mora, 13 March 2007 however, on 29 May 2007, he was released but placed under house arrest.La Repubblica. Inchiesta vip:Gip Potenza concede domiciliari a Corona, 29 May 2007 He wrote a book, La mia Prigione (My Prison), about his experiences as a result of the Vallettopoli scandal which received much attention from the Italian media.

In March 2009, he was a participant in the reality show La fattoria. Corona made his acting debut in May 2010 in the television drama series Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi 2 which was broadcast on Mediaset's Canale 5 in the role of Mafia boss Ivo Principe, nicknamed Catanese.

Also, in 2009, he was charged over blackmail photos.{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/6473233/Italian-paparazzo-Fabrizio-Corona-charged-over-blackmail-photos.html |title=Italian paparazzo Fabrizio Corona charged over blackmail photos - Telegraph|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |issn=0307-1235 |oclc=49632006 |accessdate=13 September 2012}} In 2013 he was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, became a fugitive but finally gave himself up after four days.{{cite web |url= http://www.lastampa.it/2013/01/20/italia/cronache/fabrizio-corona-latitante-forse-e-fuggito-all-estero-RBeXgixc3S66PlHCscCpmJ/pagina.html|title=La Stampa. Fabrizio corona latitante forse e fuggito all estero|date=January 2013}}

Corona also appeared as himself in Erik Gandini's expository documentary, Videocracy, in which his relationships with political and television industry moguls such as Lele Mora and Silvio Berlusconi are explored. He discusses his business, jail time, and celebrity as well.

Corona appeared in photographs advertising the 2010 collection of a line of designer watches.

Corona collaborated with Maurizio Mian on creating a reality television show, I Magnifici Cinque ({{langx|en|The Magnificent Five}}).{{cite news |last1=Monaci |first1=Andrea |title=I Magnifici 5 il reality Web sulla conquista della felicità arriva in Tv |url=https://urbanpost.it/i-magnifici-5-il-reality-web-sulla-conquista-della-felicita-arriva-in-tv/ |access-date=24 December 2021 |publisher=UrbanPost |date=9 January 2013 |language=Italian}} In 2017 Corona stated in one of his court appearances that Mian had paid him €1.7m to promote the "crazy" project.{{cite news |title=Corona: "La gente mi pagava per avere visibilità, in questo ambiente si buttano via soldi" |url=https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/corona-1.3052769 |access-date=24 December 2021 |publisher=Il Giorno |date=20 April 2017 |language=Italian}}

In 2015 he was definitively sentenced by the Italian Supreme Court to 13 years and 2 months' imprisonment for crimes for which he was previously convicted.{{Cite news|url=http://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/italia/11749371/Fabrizio-Corona--la-Cassazione-.html|title=Fabrizio Corona, la Cassazione: "No allo sconto di pena" |work=Liberoquotidiano.it |date=28 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130023947/http://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/italia/11749371/Fabrizio-Corona--la-Cassazione-.html|archive-date=30 January 2015|url-status=dead |language=it}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2015/01/28/fabrizio-corona-cassazione-annulla-sconto-pena-13-9-anni/1376765/|title=Fabrizio Corona, Cassazione annulla sconto di pena da 13 a 9 anni| work=ilfattoquotidiano.it |date=28 January 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815075717/https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2015/01/28/fabrizio-corona-cassazione-annulla-sconto-pena-13-9-anni/1376765/ |archive-date=15 August 2020 |language=it}} In December 2019, he was placed under house arrest on medical grounds.{{Cite news |url=https://www.affaritaliani.it/entertainment/fabrizio-corona-esce-dal-carcere-per-lui-detenzione-domiciliare-umanitaria-641810.html |title=Fabrizio Corona esce dal carcere, per lui detenzione domiciliare 'umanitaria' |date=9 December 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210192048/https://www.affaritaliani.it/entertainment/fabrizio-corona-esce-dal-carcere-per-lui-detenzione-domiciliare-umanitaria-641810.html |archive-date=10 December 2019 |url-status=live |language=it}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/scuse-corona-pg-deve-tornare-ancora-cella-1929690.html |title=Scuse di Corona. Ma per il pg deve tornare ancora in cella| vauthors=Bassi C |date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320214343/https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/scuse-corona-pg-deve-tornare-ancora-cella-1929690.html |archive-date=20 March 2021 |url-status=live |language=it}} In March 2021, a court in Milan ordered his return to prison.{{Cite news |vauthors=Guastella G |url=https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/21_marzo_11/revocato-differimento-pena-fabrizio-corona-torna-carcere-4b20300a-8259-11eb-8fd7-3fd81ad54bdb.shtml |title=Fabrizio Corona torna in carcere, sui social se la prende con i magistrati |work=corriere.it |date=11 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316130742/https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/21_marzo_11/revocato-differimento-pena-fabrizio-corona-torna-carcere-4b20300a-8259-11eb-8fd7-3fd81ad54bdb.shtml |archive-date=16 March 2021 |url-status=live |language=it}}

Personal life

From January 2009[https://archive.today/20130413040244/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/gennaio/14/Belen_Fabrizio_Corona_love_story_co_9_090114058.shtml corriere.it] to April 2012[https://archive.today/20120731065124/http://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/12_aprile_22/belen-lascia-corona-emma-marrone-fidanzato_776b920c-8c6e-11e1-a888-e468d0e8abab.shtml corriere.it] Corona was romantically involved with Argentine showgirl and model Belén Rodríguez which attracted much gossip and publicity.Corriere della sera, 14 January 2009, retrieved 19 May 2010

From his former marriage to Croatian model Nina Morić, Fabrizio Corona has one son, Carlos Maria Corona, who was born in 2002.

Fabrizio Corona

Career

Personal life

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