Natalie DiDonato, who is best known for appearing in Season 5 of “Mob Wives,” has been found safe after going missing earlier this week.
DiDonato’s mother Denise Fuoco says her daughter called her on Wednesday and revealed that she is safe, according to TMZ and NBC News.
DiDonato told Fuoco that she is in Nevada and uninjured, per TMZ. But according to Fuoco, DiDonato’s handbag and identification were stolen.
The “Mob Wives” star’s mom also shared with TMZ that she is not sure what exactly happened to her daughter but that their family is focused on finding a way to fly her home given that she has no ID.
DiDonato, 44, was reported missing earlier this week after she failed to board two flights back to her home in Florida.
A police report was filed in Las Vegas on Tuesday after DiDonato’s family reached out to authorities in Philadelphia, where she visited earlier this month.
Fuoco previously told TMZ that she last spoke with her daughter on a FaceTime call last week. The conversation was “brief,” Fuoco said, adding that DiDonato “rushed off the phone” without sharing her location.
Fuoco wasn’t sure if her daughter was alone during the call, but said she looked “nervous and distressed.”
Meanwhile, a friend of DiDonato named Ben claimed that she had contacted him on WhatsApp four days before she went MIA, telling him that she was in Las Vegas and asking him for money to pay for a flight home. Ben bought her the ticket but she didn’t get on the plane, per TMZ.
Ben was believed to be the last known person to speak with DiDonato before she resurfaced on Wednesday.
DiDonato was not active on social media in the weeks leading up to her disappearance. She last posted via Instagram on Dec. 12.
In the caption of a photo of herself on a night out, DiDonato reflected on turning 44.
“Not bad for 44 🥰 I love me some me,” she wrote. “44 sitting on 24’s still. 😫😂😂😂 (it’s not my bday…I’m just feelin myself, dropped 10 lbs…hit that goal weight) 🎯💪.”
“Getting older is a blessing, can’t believe I made it this far. I’m embracing my age because to me it’s a badge of honor to have made it to 44,” she added.
The cousin of late mobster Frank “Frankie Flowers” D’Alfonso, DiDonato appeared on Season 5 of “Mob Wives: Trust No One,” which aired in 2014.
The show’s final season, titled “Mob Wives: The Last Stand,” aired in 2016.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
