Agnelli inheritance: trial for John Elkann fails, deeds return to prosecutors

The hands of the clock are turning back for the Turin prosecutor's investigation into Marella Caracciolo's inheritance. The gip Giovanna Di Maria, in fact, in a hearing this morning rejected the request for John Elkann to be put on probation, presented by his lawyers. The documents now go back to the prosecutors, who will have to order a new closure of the investigation in relation to the position of the CEO of the Exor holding and nephew of lawyer Agnelli.

The rejection of the probation 'for us was expected and, on the other hand, we had lost interest in this request, given the fragmentation that had been created in the trial framework. It is a decision that for us does not change anything, because now the acts will be returned to the public prosecutor'. Thus the lawyers of John Elkann, Paolo Siniscalchi and Federico Cecconi, leaving the courtroom in Turin. Now the public prosecutor will have to serve the notice of closure of the investigation in relation to the investigation into Marella Caracciolo's inheritance and then 'we will go ahead on the merits and prove that John Elkan did nothing'. As for the risk of the statute of limitations, 'we do not make calculations, we are defending a person who has done nothing'. What for the two lawyers is 'important to point out is the will to demonstrate the total extraneousness of the facts in relation to the position' of Elkann.