Alexandra Gucci Zarini

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Alexandra Gucci Zarini
Born
Alexandra Gucci

1985 (age 38–39)
New York City, US
Known forChairman of AGCF, Fashion Designer, Children's Advocate
Relatives Patricia Gucci (mother)
Aldo Gucci (grandfather)
Guccio Gucci (great-grandfather)
Family Gucci family

Alexandra Gucci Zarini (born 1985) is the founder of fashion house AGCF, [1] [2] [3] a children's advocate and founder of the Alexandra Gucci Children's Foundation. [4] [5] She is the daughter of Patricia Gucci, the granddaughter of Aldo Gucci, and great-granddaughter of Guccio Gucci, and a member and heiress of the Gucci family. [6]

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AGCF

AGCF is a fashion house that opened its first store in 2024. The company has pledged to donate 20% of profits to non-profit organizations involved with promoting the safety of women and children. [1] [7] [2] [3]

Alexandra Gucci Children's Foundation

Alexandra is the founder and board chair of the Alexandra Gucci Children's Foundation and an advocate for the safeguarding of children around the world. [8] [4] [9]

Lawsuit

In September 2020, she filed a lawsuit accusing her stepfather Joseph Ruffalo of sexually assaulting her over a period of 16 years from the age of 6 to the age of 22. [10] [11] She further claimed that her mother, Patricia Gucci, and her grandmother, Bruna Palombo, knew of the abuse and that both women threatened to disinherit her if she was not to remain quiet about it. Alexandra claimed that she believes Ruffalo blackmailed her mother Patricia and that her mothers fear of facing the same fate as her grandfather Aldo Gucci (going to prison for tax evasion) may have guided her decision to stay quiet. [4]

In addition to the civil lawsuit against Patricia Gucci, Joseph Ruffalo and Bruna Palombo, Alexandra filed complaints with the Beverly Hills Police Department and the Riverside County Sheriff's Department in California, and the Thames Valley Police in England. All three of these criminal investigations are still ongoing. [8] [12] [13]

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