The heirs of former Gucci chairman
Aldo Gucci on Monday threatened to take legal action against
Ridley Scott's new film, House of Gucci, for the way the fashion
dynasty is depicted in the movie.
The picture stars Lady Gaga playing 'Black Widow' Patrizia
Reggiani, who hired a hitman to murder her ex-husband Maurizio
Gucci and served 18 years in jail.
"The Gucci family reserve the right to take every initiative
(necessary) to protect their name and image and those of their
loved ones," said a letter signed by Aldo Gucci's heirs.
The family took particular issue with the depiction of Reggiani,
"a woman definitively convicted of ordering the murder of
Maurizio Gucci... as a victim" both in the movie itself and in
statements by cast members.
It also said members of the Gucci family were falsely portrayed
as "hooligans" who were "ignorant and insensitive to the world
that surrounded them".
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