A rising Pennsylvania restaurateur has been charged with stealing naked photos of his ex-girlfriend, then sending them to her new boyfriend.
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Alessandro Fiorello, 29, was arrested on September 2 after his ex-girlfriend, who has not been identified, told police he copied the intimate photos off her phone.
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Conshohocken police said the woman contacted them in August to report the stolen photos, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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The woman claimed Fiorello, the executive chef and owner of several Italian restaurants across the Philadelphia suburbs, went through her cell phone in January while she was sleeping and duplicated the photos by taking pictures of them with his phone.
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She told police she was certain he had done this because Fiorello allegedly confronted her about the photos when she woke up.
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They eventually broke up in May, then the woman claimed that when she began dating someone else, Fiorello found her new boyfriend on Instagram and sent him the images, according to the affidavit.
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Fiorello allegedly told his ex she was 'just mad [she] got exposed' after she confronted him and likened him to a '[expletive] serial killer,' the court document said.
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He was charged with unlawful dissemination of intimate images, invasion of privacy, stalking and disorderly conduct.
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Alessandro Fiorello, 29, was arrested after his ex-girlfriend, who has not been identified, told police he copied the intimate photos off her phone
Fiorello is the executive chef and owner of several Italian restaurants across the Philadelphia suburbs inlcuding Alessandro's Wood Fired Italian Grill & Bar in Wayne (pictured)
However, at a preliminary hearing last week, two counts of harassment and one count of stalking were dropped, the Inquirer reported.
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Fiorello posted a $10,000 bond, and his arraignment hearing is scheduled for November 4, according to court documents.
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His attorney declined the Daily Mail's request for comment.
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It comes as Fiorello's third restaurant, Alessandro's Enoteca, is set to open later this month.
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The Philadelphia Business Journal reported that workers' compensation law firm Pond Lehocky Giordano invested $1 million into Fiorello's restaurant group earlier this year.
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The funds were set to pay for the opening of Alessandro's Enoteca.
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Fiorello was featured in a Philadelphia Inquirer profile on the new restaurant back in January.
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'This new place will be a step up from Wayne,' Fiorello said of Alessandro's Enoteca, comparing it to his bar-and-grill in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
'Still approachable but more bar-focused, with a great bar scene,' he said.
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The woman claimed Fiorello went through her cell phone in January while she was sleeping and duplicated the photos by taking pictures of them with his phone
He also owns and operates Alessandro's Pizzeria in West Chester which opened in 2025
The allegations come as Fiorello's third restaurant, Alessandro's Enoteca, is set to open later this month
His two other restaurants are Alessandro's Wood Fired Italian Grill & Bar, located in Wayne, which opened in 2020, and Alessandro's Pizzeria in West Chester, which opened in 2025.
According to his website, Fiorello was born to Italian immigrant parents and began his culinary career at 12.
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He later led his father’s Fiorello's Cafe before becoming a chef-owner himself in 2019.
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The Daily Mail contacted the Conshohocken Police Department, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office and Fiorello's restaurant group for comment.
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