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Rome – She said a theater performance with certificate from – but then went to a charity dinner with Vladimir Putin. Now, the Italian actress Ornella Muti has to pay a fine.

The Italian actress Ornella Muti has to pay a penalty according to media reports, because they both because of Russian President Vladimir Putin has skipped theater performance. Actually Muti should attend in December 2010 at a theater performance in the northern Italian Pordenone, as the news agency Ansa reported on Tuesday. This they have called off due to illness and sent a medical certificate. However, Muti was not sick but was at a charity dinner with Putin and US actor Kevin Costner in Saint Petersburg.

The judge in Pordenone convicted Muti according to Ansa on Tuesday for fraud to eight months in prison and 600 euros fine. The 59-year-old needs the adhesive but not to compete if they paid EUR 30 000. The fee for Mutis appearance in Verdi from Pordenone to have lain at EUR 25 000.