Monday, June 09, 2008

Oh Anne, Anne, Anne, Anne, Anne...

I know I don't know him, and granted, when it comes to The Future Mrs. Varkentine and The Unworthy Swine, I'm hardly unbiased. But this is, like, the fourth or fifth time in just over a year that Anne Hathaway's boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri, has made the news in a bad way.

Clearly, this is a guy with some weird-ass karma. On the one hand, you gotta think if he's dating Anne Hathaway, he must be doing something right. On the other...

In 2007, real estate mogul Ron Burkle sued Follieri for misusing $55 million in a joint venture to buy and resell properties owned by the Catholic church.


In June, the Follieri Group stepped down as managing member of the joint venture with Burkle's Yucaipa Investments, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The young businessman was recently ordered to pay $240,000 to the Washington, D.C., public relations company that represented him in his court battle with Burkle. Additionally, the private jet company that allegedly shuttled him and Hathaway about sued the joint venture for failing to pay $458,852 in chartering nine flights, according to the Post.


In April, he turned himself in to New York police after he was charged with bouncing a $215,000 check.

When Follieri presented himself to police at the Midtown North station house, he was issued a desk appearance ticket for a Class B misdemeanor. Charges were dropped in May after he paid up.


And now...
A children's charity operated by Raffaello Follieri, the boyfriend of the "Devil Wears Prada" star, has come under investigation by New York State Attorney General Andrew Andrew Cuomo, according to the New York Post.


Hey, Anne. Anne? This is a bad guy. Get smart, Anne...

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