Dolce & Gabbana Case Officially Closed

The last defendant in Dolce & Gabbana's lengthy tax-evasion case has been acquitted, meaning the investigation into the dealings of the fashion house, its namesake designers and additional members of staff is officially closed.

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were cleared back in October 2014 of tax evasion when the highest court in Italy found the two designers - who at that point had spent nearly four years attempting to clear their names - not guilty, overturning two previous sentences at lower courts. Yesterday, Dolce's cousin Alfonso Dolce, who worked for the fashion house's Luxembourg-based holding company, Gado Srl (which it had been claimed was a fictitious entity created to avoid paying tax in Italy) was also exonerated of any claims made against him.

Dolce's lawyer, Massimo Dinoia, told WWD that the latest ruling meant the case "is definitely closed with an unquestionable verdict that does not admit uncertainties: there is no case to answer."