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Dolce and Gabbana finally acquitted
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, the founders of global design brand Dolce & Gabbana, have been acquitted by Italy's highest court of cassation on charges of tax evasion. Why the court refused to uphold the verdict of the lower court that found them guilty is unknown.
The designers, along with their team, were acquitted due to lack of corpus delicti. (Italian)
- Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were initially accused of tax evasion of one billion euros.
- Courts of various instances considered this case twice. The last court in March found them guilty and sentenced them to one and a half years in prison. The court ruled that fashion designers did not pay extra 200 million euros in taxes.
- The Italian Supreme Court of Cassation is the country's highest court.