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Owner of eyewear brand Italia Independent reportedly arrested in New York

The owner of eyewear brand Italia Independent has been arrested in New York on suspicion of making a false claim that he was kidnapped.

Lapo Elkann, an Italian fashion designer and heir to the Fiat group, was arrested after police officers were called to a public housing complex in the Kips Bay area of Manhattan.

A report in The New York Times claimed Elkann was at an apartment more by choice, having spent the weekend binging on cocaine, marijuana and alcohol in the company of a transgender escort.

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