Article: The Fiat BREAKDOWN; A beautiful young man from Italy's most spendid family, a drug overdose and a flat full of transsexuals in the backstreets of Turin... The very public crisis of Lapo Elkann, 28-year-old Fiat heir, is yet another tragedy for the Agnelli family. Whatever happened to La Dolce Vita, asks Fred Maitland.

Byline: FRED MAITLAND

On the morning of 10 October, an ambulance squealed into the forecourt of the Mauriziano hospital in Turin. Inside was an unconscious young man, fighting for breath, and at his side, a 50-year-old woman. When the doctors examined their patient they discovered he had collapsed from taking a cocaine and heroinbased cocktail of drugs. He was rushed into intensive care.

Slowly it began to emerge that this was no ordinary story of a late-night session that had lurched out of control. The young man, handsome, well-dressed, was Lapo Elkann, 28-year-old Fiat heir, scion of the Agnellis, Italy's most famous family, son of Margherita Agnelli ...

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