UPDATE 1/15/26 at 6:03 p.m. ET - Influencer Chiara Ferragni has spoken out after a judge cleared her aggravated fraud. "Today I am not celebrating a victory. Today I am closing a chapter," Ferragni wrote in a Thursday, January 15, statement shared via Instagram. "I was at the peak of my image and my career. There was neither an economic nor a common-sense reason for me to deceive anyone." She continued, "I'm not speaking out of anger. I'm speaking with full awareness.