PHOTO: Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi, formerly Rita Carpenter, was holding out at the Casino dell’Aurora in anticipation of Carabinieri police arriving to escort her out and seize her property. Pictures via Getty Images / supplied
An American-born Italian princess is facing imminent eviction from her royal villa in Rome amid an intense inheritance battle with her stepchildren.
Princess Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi, formerly known as American actress Rita Carpenter, was holding out at the Casino dell’Aurora last week in anticipation of Carabinieri police arriving to escort her out and seize her property, The Post reports.
A Roman judge ordered in January that Ludovisi must vacate the home by April 20 as part of a ruling that she failed to maintain the historic property, after a wall collapsed and blocked a nearby street.
Rita Carpenter, was holding out at the Casino dell’Aurora Wednesday night in anticipation of Carabinieri police arriving to escort her out and seize her property Thursday morning. Picture via Getty Images
The stunning historic home. Picture via Getty Images
Rita Jenrette was featured on the cover of two editions of Playboy. Picture supplied/NYPost.
Those still in the home on Thursday 20th would be forced out of the house, the decree states.
Police are also ordered to take possession of the property, change the locks and “dispose of or destroy” any furniture or documents left behind.
Ludovisi previously said she would “vigorously defend” her lifetime right to stay in the $533m (AU$796m) villa that was bestowed on her by her husband, Prince Nicolo von Boncompagni Ludovisi, following his death in 2018.
The widow asserted that she and her husband worked diligently to restore the villa — which has been in the Ludovisi family since the early 1600s and features the only ceiling mural known to have been painted by 16th-century Italian Renaissance master Caravaggio.
She claimed to have tried negotiating with her late husband’s children, and called the eviction “unexpected and unjust.”
The widow asserted that she and her husband worked diligently to restore the villa, which features the only ceiling mural known to have been painted by 16th-century Italian Renaissance master Caravaggio. Picture: ANSA via Getty Images
The exterior of the home which has been in the Ludovisi family since the 1600s. Picture: ANSA via Getty Images
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