Harsh times are ahead for Anne Hathaway’s ex-boyfriend and he is apparently going all-out to reduce his prison term.

A legal representative for Raffaello Follieri, who pleaded guilty last month to wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy, asked a judge on Tuesday to sentence the Italian businessman to three years of imprisonment rather than the almost five years he took on in his plea deal.

Flora Edwards explained that Raffaello Follieri’s breakdown was caused by his tendency toward an opulent lifestyle, as the 30-year-old Italian was surrounded by very important figures in showbiz, including his back then famous actress girlfriend, Anne Hathaway.

“He was surrounded by movie stars and celebrities and this young man who neither drinks nor smokes was intoxicated with it all,” Flora Edwards wrote in the letter she sent to Judge John Koeltl, who is due to sentence Raffaello Follieri on October 23.

Follieri defrauded investors out of $2.4 million by overemphasizing the connections he had with Vatican insiders that allegedly helped him purchase the Roman Catholic Church’s unnecessary real estate properties at a discount.

Prosecutors said that Follieri used the money he obtained through his plan to acquire pricey outfits, exotic vacations, as well as to pay the rent for his Manhattan apartment, which reached $37,000 a month.

Follieri’s lawyer cited her client’s “deeply religious” principles and his ailing mother in the memo filed on Tuesday, adding that Follieri’s would return to Italy and never “return to this country.”

The Italian entrepreneur and Anne Hathaway had been dating for four years when they broke up this summer, just before Follieri’s arrest in June.