Delon, 88, suffered a stroke in July 2019 that diminished his physical abilities, and the personal care he requires has caused tensions in the family.
The French star Alain Delon will present a complaint against his son Anthony after he assured in the press that his father is in “weakened” health and that “he can no longer bear to see himself like this,” according to the actor’s lawyer reported on Thursday, Christophe Ayelain a statement sent to the AFP agency.
88-year-old Alain Delon suffered a stroke in July 2019 that diminished his physical abilities, and the personal care he needs has caused tension in the family.
What Alain Delon’s lawyer said about his son’s statements
Delon “told me that he was extremely surprised by the media scandal orchestrated by his son Anthony, which has only one objective, to damage the reputation of his daughter Anouchka, to harm him and to attack the unique relationship that he (Alain Delon) has maintained. always with Anouchka,” the lawyer explained to AFP.
Anthony Delonthe artist’s eldest son, said in an interview published by Paris Match magazine this Thursday that his father is “weakened” and? “I can’t stand looking like this anymore”. Anthony also revealed that he recorded a statement with the police (without a formal complaint) in which he claimed that his sister Anouchka has kept him out of the care that his father needs.
According to the interview in Paris Match, Anouchka would not have informed him that his father failed to pass “five cognitive tests” between 2019 and 2022. Alain Delon “He cannot stand the aggressiveness of his son Anthony, who constantly tells him that he is senile” and that he would also have openly said that “this was the actor’s last Christmas.”
Delon appeared clearly slimmed in a photo posted on Christmas Eve on Instagram by another of his sons, Alain-Fabien. “He speaks little, he gets tired or irritated when we ask him to repeat his words, because his voice is not always intelligible, I mean, audible,” explains Anthony Delon in this interview.
The last great icon of French cinema, interpreter of classics such as “The Leopard”, Alain Delon assures for his part that he feels much closer to his daughter Anouchka, always according to his lawyer.
“Unlike Anouchka, Anthony never really cared about him,” the lawyer’s text stated. Alain Delon “has asked me to file a complaint, initially for defamation. And also that I study the necessary procedures to stop the threats against him and his daughter,” he added.
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