Hathaway's Ex Pans Accommodations
Jailed Scam Artist Raffaello Follieri Claims There Are "Unspeakably Unsanitary" Conditions At Brooklyn Federal Lockup
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Raffaello Follieri is seen at the Miss Sixty 2008 Fall Collection during Fashion Week Feb. 3, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)
Follieri's lawyer sent a letter to a judge this week complaining about the facility.
"Mr. Follieri reports that he is in a windowless dormitory with approximately 120 other men," the letter said. "He says that he cannot eat because the food appears to be spoiled and that the toilet and shower facilities are unspeakably unsanitary. e.g., there is excrement in the shower and rats are roaming freely in the area. He says the stench is intolerable."
The lawyer, Flora Edwards, said things are so bad, it has made Follieri ill. So far he has had a fever, blood in his urine, intestinal problems and shortness of breath.
Edwards asked the judge to have the 30-year-old transferred back to the federal jail in Manhattan where he was previously held.
The judge asked the government to look into Follieri's complaints.
Follieri was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison in October. He pleaded guilty to cheating investors out of millions of dollars by falsely claiming he had Vatican connections that enabled him to buy church property at a discount.
The proceeds supported a playboy lifestyle that included a $37,000-a-month Manhattan apartment and lavish vacations with Hathaway. The couple dated for four years.
By David B. Caruso
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- Anne must be loving this!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- I laughed so hard at his whining that TWO drops came out!!!
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- Waaaah! Don''t do the crime if you don''t want to do the time. You are in the basement of society, bub, get used to it.
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- Hope for his sake that his fellow inmates don''t start thinking that he''s a lover not a fighter... he''ll forget all about the crummy food and accommodations in a hurry!
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- I guess that''s why it is called "punishment".
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- And we care...why??
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