Between the late 1990s and early 2000s he was one of the most popular faces of show business and Italian television What happened to Edoardo Costa?? What the former soap actor is doing today after being overwhelmed by the scandal Would you like the money collected by the Ciak Foundation to be donated to charity? In 2011 the investigation by The news spreads which investigated possible embezzlement in the use of the donated funds Court, with Milan prosecutors sentencing Costa to three years in prison for serious fraud, embezzlement and tax crimes (the sentence was later reduced to one year). Since then, the actor’s career has been more or less obscure: however, on the occasion of the publication of his book “The Change” for Santelli Editore Edoardo Costa had the opportunity to tell his story in detail in an in-depth interview with Corriere della Sera. Let’s find out What he said.
Edoardo Costa: the scandal
As in 2008 Remove the messages He took action against Edoardo Costa and questioned the work of the association TakeAs a soap actor, the actor was at the peak of his popularity. A place in the Sun and especially live (in which he played Riccardo Moretti) had made him famous, but he scandal For Fraud about donations collected for charitable purposes (650,000 euros, of which, according to the investigators’ reconstructions, only 80,000 euros were earmarked for the care of children) would soon have overwhelmed him. In fact, the actor explains to Corriere: “The investigation stemmed from the media attack in Striscia and was followed by a very long legal process.” (…) I couldn’t explain the intensity of the media hype (…) I felt anger and a very strong desire for revenge, also because my parents, my sister and my nephews also suffered.” And so on Antonio Ricci: “I would thank him. Thanks to his persistence, I became the person I am today. Change can happen in a thousand ways, from a health issue to a bereavement. In my case, the loss of my reputation.”
Where the actor lives and what he is doing today
During the interview Edoardo Costa he explained that he had come out of that time, which he also reached back into narcotic substances (“Drugs were part of the game, that additive that allowed you to be successful”), also thanks to the meditation and to the Indian yogi Sadhguru. Costa today lives in the USA: (“Mostly in Los Angeles, but I’m often in Miami and also have a house outside of Milan”) and his Acting career He continues: “I always work a lot for the cinema: I did “The Island” with Michael Jai White, where I play the villain, I co-star opposite Elizabeth Hurley in the comedy “Christmas in the Caribbean”. “I’m a life coach.”