Sophia Loren once intentionally… went to jail!

Few fans of the 7th art on the planet know that Sophia Loren – one of the top female superstars of the Italian and world silver screens, was once… thrown into prison when her acting career was at its peak under a strict detention regime for more than 2 consecutive weeks.

S. Loren’s official sentence was 1 month in prison, but she only “served 17 “endless” days, as she put it, because she “behaved well in prison, did not participate in fights, and did not publicly insult the prison guards” – according to the release statement from prison for female prisoner S. Loren from the Naples City Court, where the actress is registered as a permanent resident.

For the remaining 13 days, S. Loren lived under house arrest, having to report to the local police station every night in accordance with the law.

The twist in this “hard to believe but true” story is that the female superstar was sentenced to prison for concealing her income, equivalent to $180,000, between 1963 and 1964.

Actually, the personal lawyer was the person authorized by S. Loren to act on her behalf, because she was busy filming in the US at the invitation of the Naples Tax Department, and had to fully report to the Naples Tax Department, including irregular income, meaning that the client’s income was earned abroad, one of the new additions to the tax law at that time, which even experienced lawyers were not very familiar with.

By early 1980, the matter was exposed, prompting the authorities to decide to confiscate the money along with a corresponding prison sentence.

The sentence was effective for a period of 2 years from the date of notification.

But instead of having the financial resources to pay bail, this famous woman decided that “This is a rare opportunity, allowing me to take a “vacation” to visit my homeland after a long period of being too busy – S. Loren confided – The sadness of missing my homeland is always deep inside me. Because I have been abroad for so long, sometimes I worry that one day I will no longer be able to determine the location of my motherland Italy on the world map”.