Anne H's BF Busted -- Check Mate!

Posted Apr 3rd 2008 3:30PM by TMZ Staff

UPDATE: We're hearing that this may be a big misunderstanding. We're told Follieri went willingly with police officers -- no handcuffs -- to work out the check fiasco. His lawyers, we hear, are sorting it out and he is now out of police custody.

Anne Hathaway's Italian stallion was just arrested by NYPD for allegedly bouncing a real big check his ass couldn't cover.

Police tell us Zac Braff-alike Raffaelo Follieri was popped for one misdemeanor count of issuing a bad check -- he's still in police custody, being booked. A source tells TMZ that the check was written for around $250,000, and when the bank said insufficient funds, it wasn't even close. Apparently, the devil wears knock-offs!

That's hardly the end of the bad news for Follieri. A DC court just ordered him to pay almost $250,000 to a PR firm that he still owes for work they did.

Filed under: Celebrity Justice

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1. HE IS BAD NEWS. ANNE SHOULD DITCH HIM.

Posted at 3:35PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by ROCKY

2. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

KANYE WEST IS A WHINEY LITTLE B!TCH!

Posted at 3:36PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by Stupid little monkey

3. Golly gee….has the recession finally hit Hollywood??

Posted at 3:37PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by Mr. Bill-Bo Baggens

4. That is not a good thing! So TMZ, did the PR firm call you and tell you about the check and how much he owes them? Sounds like it! That isn't a PR firm I would want anything to do with! Who let's a client get to the 250k mark before receiving any payment? Come on................and the name of this wonderful PR firm is............?

Posted at 3:41PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by Dallas

5. Heard rumors before about him - sounds like they're true. Go girl, you deserve better!!!

Posted at 3:43PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by jp

6. Good for me that he did this; now maybe I'll have a chance to date Anne. lol Love me some Anne Hathaway, you go girl!

Posted at 3:43PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by wasted days and wasted nights

7. Anne: Get out now. DO NOT "LOAN" HIM THE MONEY. He has bounced a quarter of a million dollar check AND he owes the same amount to his PR firm. That's a lot of dough. Run, Anne, run.

Posted at 3:47PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by edwest

8. If I add comments but they don't appear did I really post, do I exist, am I having a hallucination?

Posted at 3:52PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by jen

9. I guess I have to go and take my dog for a walk now.......

Posted at 3:53PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by Yup!

10. She strikes me as the type that would be in an abusive relationship, so I'm not surprised. Her next bf will be no better. Better get her a steward

Posted at 3:55PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by pimp

11. How About WORKING For A Living Buddy?????????

It's Wannabe Swingin' Pricks Like You That Give REAL MEN A Baaaadddd Name!!!!!!

GO AWAY!!!!

Posted at 4:00PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by Haris Pilton

12. Ann, run, or you'll be counting YOUR losses before long. He's a con.

Posted at 4:11PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by Meg

13. The guy wrote a $250,000 check that bounced and it is a misdemeanor? First off who would have been stupid enough to accept a check written for that amount without calling the bank to make sure it was good...and how come I always hear stories about people writing checks for small amounts that bounce and they end up being charge with felonies? I thought the cut off amount was $150.00 for misdemeanors?

Posted at 4:22PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by tickles

14. Why didn't he just ask his gf for the cash?

Posted at 4:31PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by tracey

15. I'd bounce a check too if it meant getting in her pants.

Posted at 4:31PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by Crabby

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