Chico Forti

Enrico Forti (born February 8, 1959), also known as Chico Forti or Kiko Forti, is an Italian convicted murderer, former sportsman and entrepreneur. In 1997, he tried to buy the famous Pikes Hotel on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. In June 2000, a Miami jury convicted Forti of shooting to death Anthony "Dale" Pike, the son of the founder of Pikes Hotel.

Background

Forti was born in Trento, Italy, where he lived until graduating from high school in 1978. In 1979, Forti started learning the sport of windsurfing on Lake Garda, the largest lake in Italy. With Robby Naish, he became one of the first in the world to loop (i.e. back flip complete with the windsurf board), at Diamond Head, Hawaii (1984). Forti helped to design and produce the first windsurf jump ramp (funboard). In 1985, he was the first Italian to compete for the windsurfing world cup.

In 1987, a car accident interrupted his windsurfing career. Following a long convalescence, Forti began producing extreme sports films. He wrote for sports magazines, and appeared on various sports television shows. In 1990, he created a production company that broadcast on ESPN and elsewhere, specializing in extreme sports. Also in 1990, Forti appeared in the Telemike television quiz show and won a large sum of money. That enabled him to move in 1992 to the United States. He divorced his Italian wife, and married a model with whom he has three children.