Ornella Muti scrubbed show to see Putin

(ANSA) - Pordenone, July 7 - Ornella Muti cancelled an Italian tour date with a false sick note in 2010 to attend a gala dinner in Russia with President Vladimir Putin and Kevin Costner, a court said Friday.
    The actress, now 62, was given a suspended jail term of six months and a 500-euro fine by the Trieste appeals court, which upheld a lower court's verdict two years ago.
    The court said the sentence would only be suspended if Muti paid Pordenone's Teatro Verdi 30,000 in damages for fraudulently calling off her show.