Chiara Ferragni was accused of misleading consumers by promoting a designer pink pandoro and Ferragni-branded Easter eggs said to help raise money for a children’s hospital and a charity. A judge in a fast-track trial in Milan found Ferragni and two other defendants not guilty of aggravated fraud. The scandal began with 2022 sales of special edition pink Christmas cakes, where consumers were led to believe sales would raise funds for a children’s hospital in Turin, but the producer Balocco had made a one-off €50,000 donation before the launch. Ferragni was fined €1m in 2023 by Italy’s competition authority, and she agreed to pay €1.2m to a children’s charity to settle complaints about the Easter eggs.