High treason. If it were possible, John Elkann he should be “tried” and should account for his “guilt”. High treason towards Italians, the State, the tax authorities, workers and employees, technicians and those who have worked in Fiatof the billions paid byInps for the redundancy fund and by the government for non-repayable contributions for closed factories and today shrouded in dust and cobwebs, for scrapping and ad hoc laws, for highway policy. High treason. While the ending could have another title: «Take the money and run». The engineer advised him (unsolicited and with a certain roughness). Carlo De Benedetti what do you understand about these things? Adding the reasons why John Philip Jacob Elkann he should remove the disturbance from Italy as soon as possible: «He was born in the United States, he has an American passport. He too will leave, moving himself abroad as he did with much of what he inherited and discarded. He has problems with the law. Put an ocean between yourself and the Italian prosecutors.” Which location do you recommend to your fellow engineer, Jaki, the one who defined himself as the “number 1 card of the Democratic Party” with tax residence in Switzerland (a precursor of Elly Schlein)? «He will go to live in New York. Wait and see.” Meanwhile, the Engineer reveals some of his young colleague’s talents: «He is good at financial investments. He’s good when he doesn’t have to manage anything. He makes money by selling. And investing in the web.” And here he gives a valuable tip: «For example, he invested in the Israeli company Goa fantastic company that has earned him a lot.”
New York or Paris, the possible escape
The alternative to New York would be to go and live in Paris. Jaki’s consort, the little princess Lavinia Borromeo Arese Tavernamuch more pragmatically (since he, like his three children, does not have an American passport) has been insisting for some years on renovating their apartment Rue Fabert 46 in the 7th arrondissement that was “taken away” to Margherita Agnelli since 2004, without his mother Marella had informed her.
Lavinia hates it Turinthe coldness of certain environments, the Savoy hypocrisy of the local Madamines (starting with the always elbowing Evelina Christillin), first of all the tour of Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo who has been trying in vain for five years to “capture” Mrs. Elkann and take the place of the unattainable Marida Recchiwidow of the great entrepreneur and mother of Gianna who, apparently, was the wife of Gianluigi Gabetti (their wedding would have been registered in the secret register of the Archbishopric kept in the safe of the current Cardinal Roberto Repole). To date, the choice to move to the French capital has also been sponsored by John’s best and only friend, the architect and engineer Carlo RattiTurin, 54 years old, great urban planner and professor at Boston MIT.
Children, Juventus and broken promises
The three children of Jaki and Lavinia have so far “prevented” the escape from Turin: Leo Moses (19 years old), Ocean Noah (18) e Vita Talita (13) play in the youth teams of Juventus and in the family they are the true and only fans of the Juventus team and perhaps the real reason why John said he didn’t want to sell the club. The coach Luciano Spalletti he trembles at the mere thought of being told from above to let Leone Moses play or to take him to the bench…
John’s last appeal on the Juventus club (“We will never sell. Juventus is part of the history, of the tradition of our family”) sounds like one of the many broken promises. Aside from offending the journalists of Republic And Press who felt “forgotten”, “marginalized” and made fun of after a couple of months earlier negotiations for a sale that had already practically been concluded with the entrepreneur had been denied by John Theodore Kyriakou of the Greek group Antennaa businessman much more interested in Gedi’s radio stations than in the future destinies and salaries of Michele Serra, Corrado Augias, Concita De Gregorio, Massimo Giannini and singing company or support for the Democratic Party and the CGIL by Maurizio Landini.
Repubblica, La Stampa and the “examination” of the Greek publisher
Only the current director of La Repubblica, Mario Orfeoa man of a thousand resources and an expert navigator even in the most stormy seas, will be able, if he wishes, to be a skilled partner in “dealing” with the Greek shipowner. One thing is certain: no one will resign spontaneously (unless there are generous “slips” or severance pay). And it will be curious to see what “exams” the Hellenic invader will have to pass to prove that he is – as they said in the days of the Messenger sold by Ferdinando Perrone to Edilio Rusconi – «democratic-secular-anti-fascist» in your DNA. In Turin they are shaking even more because the Greek just doesn’t want to know about it Press that, unlike Torriglia’s beauty, no one “wants her and no one takes her”.
Rejected offers, pride and reputation
And to think that John, in the quagmire he has imprudently placed himself in, has displayed a sort of “racism”. Even and even in front of those who were ready to pay him a lot of money. He dismissed it with a derogatory “boy” Leonardo Maria Del Vecchioone of the heirs of the Luxottica empire who offered him the same amount as the Greek shipowner. In this way he refused to even take into consideration the offer of a young Italian entrepreneur who would certainly have guaranteed Michele Serra & C. to spend more peaceful nights and would have removed them from precarious employment.
It’s especially interesting pride of Jaki in giving report cards to others. Just as it happened with Giancarlo Devasinithe multibillionaire inventor of cryptocurrency Tetherwhich presented an official offer of 1.1 billion to take over the shares of Exor in Juventus. It is said that, before this offer, the two met to “sniff each other” but John immediately soured relations by talking about reputation. The response was very harsh. After that, Devasini got up and left.
Juventus, management and judicial shadows
Yet, there is no need to make much effort: just look at how it was managed Juventus of the post-Calciopoli period, Serie B, the lack of defense in the courts, the banning of managers such as Antonio Giraudohiring truly incompetent people like Jean-Claude Blanc and, years later, the marginalization of his cousin Andrea Agnellidespite winning nine championships. Today Jaki relies on the French again, like Damien Comolliappointed plenipotentiary and managing director.
Jaki believes himself and acts like “unpunished”deluding himself that the respect and power that his grandfather embodied has not yet ended in Turin. But the diligence with which the Prosecutor’s Office conducted the investigations against John, Lapo and Ginevra Elkann and against the accountant Gianluca Ferrero led tocharge of fraud against the State and unfaithful declaration.
All following a complaint from the mother Margherita Agnelliwho considered herself robbed and defrauded of her inheritance. John, to close the fiscal front, paid out 183 million euros to the Revenue Agency. His lawyers argued that “this does not constitute an acknowledgment of any guilt.” They also asked for testing at a facility Salesiansthen rejected by the investigating judge.
De Benedetti observed: «He will go to be a tutor for problematic kids. He would be the one who needed it». But what is astonishing is that a serious institution like the one founded by St. John Bosco lent itself to an initiative so far from the Salesian aims and rule.
