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The alleged involvement of Ugo Montagna and Piero Piccioni (son of deputy prime minister, Attilio Piccioni and lover of actress Alida Valli) caused a scandal. Subsequently they were absolved of all charges. The case remains unsolved, including the cause of death.
Jun 10, 2023 · The Marquess Ugo Montagna was undeniably an unsavory figure and Piero Piccioni in particular told numerous lies during the scandal and at the trial (per Stephen Gundle, "Death and the Dolce Vita"). Piccioni's alibi had been anything but watertight and he had lied about knowing Marquess Ugo Montagna, a man with whom he did prove to have a very ...
Wilma was allegedly seen in a car like young Piccioni’s black Alfa Romeo just before her death. His chief informants, said Muto, were two girls who had participated in the dope parties. Enter...
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Feb 3, 2022 · The musician Piero Piccioni was charged with manslaughter but acquitted The body was clothed only in a blouse and underwear, yet a police investigation concluded that Wilma’s death had been the result of drowning and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, was recorded as accidental.
Aug 13, 2011 · Montagna and Piero Piccioni were both eventually sent for trial in Venice for being accessories to Wilma Montesi’s death. A Roman police chief, Saverio Polito, was tried at the same time for ...
May 23, 2022 · Investigations tried to prove that Wilma Montesi was not quite the good girl everyone believed and that she had entered the party and orgies organized by Piero Piccioni and Ugo Montagna.
But about six months later, a Roman scandal sheet ran an article impli-cating “highly placed individuals” in Montesi’s death. Tabloid journalist Silvano Muto wrote of drugs and orgies at a hunting preserve outside of Rome, managed by an ambitious former member of Mussolini’s secret police and frequented by the son of the powerful ...
