Alberto Sordi's sister left his €50 million to a foundation, relatives accused nine people of exploiting her, and all nine were acquitted

Alberto Sordi died in 2003 in the villa by the Baths of Caracalla where he had lived since 1954. His estate passed to his sister Aurelia, who had no direct heirs. Aurelia left the whole fortune, about €50 million, to the Fondazione Alberto Sordi rather than to relatives. She died in 2014. Relatives of the actor brought a case accusing nine people of exploiting her as an incapable person and of receiving stolen goods. The accused included the notary Gabriele Sciumbata, the lawyers Francesca Piccolella and Carlo Farina, and Sordi's driver, Arturo Artati. The relatives said the nine had persuaded Aurelia to leave the money to the foundation instead of to the family. In February 2019 the court in Rome^† acquitted all nine because "the fact does not exist." In September 2020 the foundation opened Sordi's villa to the public for the first time. Sordi had let almost no one inside since the death of his other sister, Savina, in 1972. His private theater is part of the visit.