Overview
- Elkann, his sister Ginevra and their mother Margherita appeared before Judge Antoine Meyes Schürch in Thun for a hearing focused on Marella Caracciolo’s 2011 Swiss testament and its later addenda.
- At issue is where Caracciolo’s habitual residence lay, with Margherita arguing Italy and the Elkann siblings asserting Switzerland as her centre of interests.
- The Thun judge must also address litispendence, deciding whether to continue in Switzerland or defer to a related civil case pending in Turin.
- Files from the Turin criminal investigation, which characterizes the Swiss residence as fictitious, have been transmitted to Thun, and a Turin judge is scheduled to consider Elkann’s probation request on November 28 after a €183 million tax payment.
- The contested will names John, Lapo and Ginevra Elkann as sole heirs, and the Swiss notary who drafted the documents, Urs von Grunigen, is under investigation in Turin alongside broader parallel proceedings in Geneva and Thun.