Boyfriend Of Anne Hathaway Under Investigation
Andrew Cuomo – the State Attorney General – is investigating a charity that was being run by the boyfriend of the actress Anne Hathaway. Anne Hathaway is starring in the new movie ‘Get Smart’. 29 year old Raffaello Follieri is a talented Italian businessman who was on the board of directors for the children charity’s until recently.
Cuomo has not yet stated why he is investigating the charity. Cuomo’s probe comes two months after Follieri was arrested in Manhattan on charges that he bounced a $215,000 check — written against an account that a source said had just $39 in it — to a New Jersey man for services to his real-estate company, the Follieri Group. Charges were dropped in May.
Earlier in the year Follieri settled a lawsuit that was filed by Ron Burkle – an L.A. billionaire – who accused him and the Follieri Group of “systematically misappropriating” close to $1.3 million of $55 million that was contributed by Burkle’s company and was supposed to be used to help redevelop Catholic Church properties.
Burkle’s suit said Follieri used the money to fund an extravagant lifestyle that included private jet travel for himself and Hathaway, as well as for loans of hundreds of thousands of dollars to the foundation.