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Agnelli Inheritance Case Reopens as 1998 Handwritten Will Is Filed in Turin Court

Judges must assess the document’s authenticity and legal relevance before any potential effect on control of the Dicembre holding can be considered.

Overview

  • Margherita Agnelli’s lawyers produced a photocopy of a 1998 holographic will attributed to Gianni Agnelli during a Turin civil hearing, citing materials seized by the Guardia di Finanza.
  • The note reportedly assigns about 25% of the family vehicle Dicembre to his son Edoardo, a clause Margherita’s team says would have superseded earlier dispositions.
  • Lawyers for John, Lapo and Ginevra Elkann argue the document has no effect because Edoardo died in 2000, succession was settled in a 2004 agreement, and any further claims are time‑barred.
  • The court is expected to order technical and legal checks, as a holographic testament typically requires the original handwritten paper, with issues of authenticity, possible revocation and applicable cross‑border succession law to be reviewed.
  • The paper surfaced in a fiscal investigation that prosecutors closed by seeking dismissal for Ginevra and Lapo and a probation program for John, while the civil case continues with further procedural steps.