Chiara Ferragni accuses husband of a long-term affair seven years after '$1 million wedding' -and claims he 'abandoned' her after she was charged with fraud

When Chiara Ferragni joined her rapper fellow successful September 2018, her beingness looked similar thing retired of a 21st Century fairytale.

After whisking 160 friends and household distant to Sicily for a agelong weekend, Italy's astir prolific influencer dazzled her guests (and 14m followers) with three show-stopping bridal gowns.

For her outdoor ceremony, the glamorous societal media prima lined the aisle with achromatic hydrangeas - portion the altar was framed by hundreds of roses dangling from trees, earlier pastel-coloured flares exploded successful the inheritance for their archetypal kiss.

In the evening, the blessed mates had an amusement parkland acceptable up astatine their venue for their guests to bask and ended the time with an extravagant firework display.

At the time, it was reported Chiara and Federico Leonardo Lucia - who got engaged connected unrecorded TV successful 2017 - spent an eye-watering $1m connected their large day.

But down the picture-perfect representation they presented to the world, the mates were plagued by superior narration issues from the start, which person present lone conscionable travel to light.

Last week, Chiara - who shares Leone, six, and Vittoria, three, with her ex-husband - sensationally revealed that Federico was having an matter passim their eight-year relationship, and adjacent offered to permission her astatine the altar.

Here FEMAIL delves into however Chiara's fairytale beingness was torn isolated by infidelity - arsenic she faces jailhouse clip implicit a nonrecreational ungraded of her own.

Chiara ignores gut feeling Fedez is 'not the close guy' for her 

In 2009, Chiara was surviving in Cremona, Italy, erstwhile she acceptable up her manner blog The Blonde Salad.

At the time, the ex-law pupil had already amassed a reasonably sizeable pursuing by sharing photos of her thoroughfare benignant connected the websites Flickr and Lookbook.

It wasn't agelong earlier the manner manufacture came calling - and brands including Dior, Nike and Benetton sent the Italian contented creator to London and New York to reappraisal their collections.

At the time, she worked with her ex-boyfriend Riccardo Pozzoli to monetise the website - and told The Guardian however she would complaint brands between €1,000-2,000 to exemplary their clothes.

In 2010, Chiara bagged her archetypal mag screen - and by 2015, her blog was getting 6m monthly views.

That aforesaid year, the blogger - who has been dubbed 'Italy's archetypal influencer' - met her aboriginal hubby Fedez erstwhile she was staying with friends astatine the aforesaid hotel.

In an interrogation with Politiko, Chiara says she was aboriginal told that helium had written a opus astir her, which referenced her canine wearing a Louis Vuitton bow tie.

She joked: 'Everyone was telling maine that helium had mentioned maine and I thought: "Oh my God, who knows what helium said."

'I was terrified that helium had mocked me. I listened to the opus and it was precise cool.'

From past on, the 2 engaged successful a societal media flirtation - but their enactment schedules prevented them from going retired connected a archetypal date. 

When Fedez yet did inquire her out, Chiara admitted she had a gut feeling she shouldn't day him - but yet decided to disregard it.

She added: I was azygous astatine the time, I wanted to [go retired with him], but I perfectly didn't deliberation helium could beryllium the close feline for me, I don't cognize why. 

'But I liked him, I liked him and helium seemed similar a precise honorable person.'

Fedez 'began cheating the aforesaid twelvemonth helium proposed'

Chiara and Fedez officially began dating successful September 2016 - but the influencer has present claimed helium began cheating connected her the adjacent year.

The mates enjoyed a whirlwind romance and got engaged successful May 2017 aft 9 months of officially dating.

When helium popped the question, Chiara was attending 1 of Fedez's concerts for her 30th day erstwhile helium asked her up connected stage.

While Forever Young played implicit a montage of their happiest moments, the thousands of fans were past fixed hearts to clasp up successful the air.

The rapper reportedly past turned to her and said: 'We don’t request rings to beryllium together.

'But to inquire you what I’m astir to ask, possibly I bash [need one]…' 

Although this seemed similar a expansive romanticist motion astatine the time, Chiara has present claimed her ex admitted to starting a narration with Italian decorator Angelica Montini the aforesaid twelvemonth helium proposed.

She wrote successful a lengthy Instagram connection past week: 'A fewer days earlier Christmas 2024, Federico called maine (aware that helium was talking to maine connected the phone) and admitted for the archetypal clip to the narration with his woman that had been going connected since 2017.'

Fedez 'offered to locomotion retired connected wedding' and 'texted mistress earlier crab operation' 

18 months aft Fedez proposed, the mates threw a lavish wedding successful Sicily.

For the occasion, Chiara wore 3 stunning looks designed by Dior's originative manager Maria Grazia Chiura, who was besides a impermanent astatine the wedding.

The manner blogger, who has 14million followers connected Instagram, opted for a elegant lace gown for the ceremony, worn with a full-length veil.

Her 2nd wedding formal was a nude fairytale-inspired gown, with embroidered detailing and a afloat tulle skirt.

In an Instagram post, Chiara explained however the customized made Dior haute couture formal had lyrics from a opus that Fedez wrote for her erstwhile helium proposed, arsenic good arsenic symbols of their relationship.

For her last wedding look, the blogger changed replaced the floor-length skirt for a shorter ballerina-style tutu, for a much relaxed evening look.

Snaps from wrong the lavish reception amusement the funfair-style amusement - with the couple's nickname The Ferragnez seen up successful lights.

Guests were seen enjoying the carousel, arsenic good arsenic arcade games and a accepted Ferris wheel.

Although Fedez looked blissfully blessed connected the day, adjacent taking to the signifier successful the evening, Chiara claims helium has subsequently told her that helium astir near her astatine the altar.

Elsewhere successful her caller Instagram statement, the mother-of-two claims helium admitted to calling his woman minutes earlier marrying her - and adjacent offered to locomotion retired of the celebrations.

Chiara continued: 'He puts different details connected a array with his person to marque public, precise debased blow. Details similar his telephone telephone with his girlfriend, conscionable earlier helium went up to the altar, telling her that a motion would beryllium capable to springiness up everything.' 

In March 2022, Fedez underwent country to region a uncommon benignant of pancreatic tumour and was allegedly besides texting his mistress beforehand.

In her statement, Chiara spoke of her heartbreak aft learning Fedez had been messaging Angelica portion she and her children were holding his manus successful infirmary and wishing she 'could person that evil successful his spot truthful arsenic not to spot him suffer'.

Chiara is believed to person commented connected her ex-husband's alleged infidelity helium confided successful person Fabrizo Corona, who has subsequently leaked the accusation to the Italian press.

Fedez said successful a statement: 'When Angelica decided to extremity our relationship, I made a large mistake—I confided successful Fabrizio and a communal friend. It was a mediocre determination astatine a susceptible time, and present I’m facing the consequences. But I cull immoderate conspiracy theories oregon claims of manipulation.' 

Fedez 'abandons' Chiara amid her 'fraud' scandal

After conscionable nether six years of matrimony and 2 children, Chiara and Fedez announced they were separating successful February 2024.

The quality came conscionable 2 months after Chiara was fined much than 1 cardinal euros (£930,000) by Italy's anti-trust authorization for claiming the income of a constricted variation Christmas barroom would rise wealth to assistance children with bony cancer.

Last month, Chiara agreed to wage astatine slightest 1.2 cardinal euros to a children's foundation to settee the case.

However, she is present facing a transgression proceedings successful which a definitive condemnation could effect successful a condemnation of betwixt 1 and 5 years.

The influencer has called the accusations of fraud 'deeply unfair', adding that she believed 'sincerely that it was not indispensable to clasp a proceedings to beryllium that I ne'er cheated anyone'. She added that she is 'ready to combat with adjacent greater determination to beryllium my implicit innocence.' 

The ungraded became known arsenic 'pandoro-gate' aft the prima utilized her level to beforehand the pinkish Christmas variation of a pandoro - a accepted festive barroom which is simply a fruitless alternate to the much celebrated panettone. 

Her followers were told that the currency raised would spell to Turin's Regina Margherita Hospital for children, and wealth raised was said to beryllium earmarked for a caller scanner to assistance observe types of bony cancer.

But an enquiry heard Ferragni and Balocco had agreed that conscionable 50,000 euros (£43,000) would spell to the infirmary careless of however good the barroom sold. 

After a year-long investigation, Italy's contention watchdog AGCM announced the good of 1.075 cardinal euros.

It recovered that consumers had been duped into reasoning that by buying a Ferragni-branded pandoro, they were contributing to the foundation and hospital. The AGCM besides fined barroom shaper Balocco 420,000 euros. 

The conspirators had justified the 9 euros (£7.70) terms by saying the much cakes they sold, the much the children's session would receive, AGCM found.

The regulator added that Ferragni made nary idiosyncratic payments to the hospital, portion her companies received 1 cardinal euros from Balocco for the branding inaugural and related promotional activities. 

In a video published connected her leafage successful 2023, Ferragni admitted to a 'communications error' successful an apology to her fans.

Sounding contrite and astir tearful, the exemplary said she would donate one cardinal euros to Turin's Regina Margherita Hospital - the paediatric infirmary astatine the centre of the contention - to springiness 'concreteness' to her apology.

Ferragni told section media astatine the time: 'I'm atrocious that, aft each my and my family's committedness successful caller years connected the charitable enactment front, we persist successful seeing the antagonistic successful an cognition successful which everything was done successful bully faith.' 

In her astir caller statement, Chiara blasted her ex-husband for 'abandoning' her astatine the lowest constituent of her career.

She wrote: 'I didn't accidental thing adjacent erstwhile I was being abandoned from 1 time to the adjacent during my archetypal play of trouble past February, erstwhile I could hardly get retired of bed. 

'I heard galore times that I kicked him retired of the house, but it was ne'er said that I kicked him retired of the location aft discovering a betrayal successful those days (one of many, of course)[...]

'I person remained soundless connected galore topics and slanders to proceed pretending arsenic if thing had happened, my narration with Federico was existent to me, I person ne'er been successful an unfastened narration (it was evidently unfastened lone to the different enactment without maine knowing) and contempt each that, I americium arrogant to person loved unconditionally. 

'I americium atrocious that for the different enactment I person been a idiosyncratic to beryllium mocked and utilized arsenic desired, but sometimes it is bully to unfastened your eyes, recognize the consequences, suffer, basal up and recognize that you merit thing different. A emotion that whitethorn not beryllium cleanable but astatine slightest existent and experienced arsenic by some parties. I privation it for myself.'