Overview

• Margherita Agnelli’s lawyers deposited in the Turin civil trial a photocopy of a 20 January 1998 holographic will attributed to Gianni Agnelli.
• The text states he left roughly 25% of the family holding Dicembre to his son Edoardo, whose death in 2000 preceded Gianni’s in 2003.
• The document was previously found and seized by the Guardia di Finanza during a Turin prosecutors’ inquiry and has now been introduced into the civil proceedings.
• Lawyers for John, Lapo and Ginevra Elkann argue the filing does not affect the Agnelli or Caracciolo successions or Dicembre’s ownership, citing Edoardo’s predecease, a 2004 settlement and elapsed time.
• Margherita’s side says the 1998 note revoked earlier dispositions, challenges the 2004 deal and could support revising Dicembre’s ownership if the will is validated after technical and legal checks.