India, Sept. 17 -- In a "landmark" decision, Gucci heiress Alexandra Zarini who prevailed in a case against her former stepfather, a "sexual predator pedophile," who she said had molested her for years starting when she was just six years old, was granted $115 million in damages.

Zarini, a 40-year-old handbag designer and children's champion, presented an exceptional lawsuit that provoked a huge breach among the successors of the premium fashion brand.

In 2007, Patricia Gucci, then 62, filed for divorce from her second husband, Joseph Ruffalo, then 85, after her daughter made stunning accusations against him.

After 2 hours and 40minutes hearing, a jury consisting of six men and six women in Los Angeles Superior Court found Ruffalo guil...