Just a couple of months ago, Italian con-man Rafaello Follieri was all set to make a clean getaway. He knew the feds were investigating his alleged scheme to defraud investors like Bill Clinton. He was in Europe and could have stayed there. But his then-girlfriend Anne Hathaway kept calling and insisting they needed to talk about their future. Being the sort of dope who writes a $215,000 check against an account with $39 in it, and thus not realizing Hathaway was about to dump him, Follieri said, shucks, why not. A few days after his return to the states, he was in federal custody. And now his friends are wondering if it wasn't a big setup (on behalf of the feds) by an evil Hollywood actress!

Reports the Daily News:

According to friends, he still wonders whether Hathaway, 25, helped put him behind bars. "He was in Europe, working on a deal," says a source. "He didn't have to come back to New York. He knew he was being investigated. But she kept calling him, saying they needed to resolve their future. A few days after his return, he was arrested."

Perhaps these are the same friends who recently tried to lure Hathaway back to Follieri's place to "come get her dog," lest something terrible happen to it. Hathaway is tough to reach — apparently, after dumping him, she shut down all the numbers Follieri had access to.

Everyone will probably learn whether Hathaway intentionally lured Follieri into a trap soon enough: FBI agents have supposedly seized her secret diaries. Which means (hopefully) they could turn into evidence, and thus public records.

And, eventually, into a movie script. No doubt.

[Daily News]