Manhattan district attorney’s office declines to prosecute case in which playboy was accused of concocting storyNew York prosecutors have dropped charges that Lapo Elkann,grandson of late Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli, falsely reported he was kidnapped in November in an effort to net ransom money. The office of Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance said on Wednesday it had declined to prosecute the case but gave no other details. Elkann, or 39,had been suspected of concocting a fake abduction scheme after running out of cash during a drug-fueled partying binge, a law enforcement source said. Related: Lapo Elkann, or scion of powerful Agnelli family,charged with faking own kidnap Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com