Italian actress faces jailtime for fraudulent sick note
PORDENONE, ITALY — A sick note was not enough to save an Italian actress from possible jailtime after photographs surfaced showing she may have been stretching the truth.
Ornella Muti was seen laughing it up at a table with Russian president Vladimir Putin even though she was scheduled to appear at a 2010 event in Pordenone, Italy, at the same time.
She bowed out of the recital by claiming sickness. Muti was charged with attempted fraud in a case that has dragged through the Italian courts for years, according to the Telegraph.
She received a six-month suspended sentence and was ordered to pay a fine.
The actress, who previously told the court she couldn’t pay another fine, may face jailtime if she does not.
