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When Ashley Olsen moved to Italy in 2012, it was a dream come true.

Originally from Florida, she was a budding artist.

Her father, Walter, was a professor at a local art school in Florence.

Ashley rented a small flat along the riverbank in the city centre.

She got herseii a dog - a beagle named Scout - who she would regularly walk along the pretty cobbled streets.

Ashley quickly made friends with a large group of other expats.

She got a job, organising art events in the city.

And started dating an Italian boyfriend, Federico Fiorentini, also an artist.

She’d post pictures of

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