Donatella Versace Slams ‘Disgraceful’ Miami Hotel Named After Her | Donatella Versace | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Donatella Versace is letting everyone know that she doesn’t support the new hotel in Miami named after her.
In a statement shared on May 10, the 70-year-old fashion designer that she is not affiliated with the new Donatella Boutique Hotel & Restaurant in Miami, that is scheduled to open later this month.
Keep reading to find out more…“Let me be clear. The hotel and restaurant named ‘Donatella,’ located near the property where my brother’s life was taken, has and will never have anything to do with me or my family,” Donatella wrote on Instagram.
“To try to capitalize on our tragedy and my name for profit is disgraceful,” she added.
The new hotel, which is a Nakash and Vida & Estilo Hospitality group property, is scheduled to open on Wednesday, May 21.
The Nakash family reportedly purchased the Versace mansion in 2013 for $41.5 million, according to Women’s Wear Daily.
Donatella‘s late brother Gianni Versace purchased the property in 1992 and he was fatally shot on its steps in 1997. Three years later, the Versace family sold the property.
After purchasing the property, the Nakash and Vida & Estilo Hospitality groups converted the Versace mansion into the hotel Villa Casa Casuarina, which includes a restaurant called Gianni’s.
The group is calling the new Donatella hotel a “sister property” to Villa Casa Casuarina, per Ocean Drive magazine.
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