(Rennes) The international star of French cinema Alain Delon announced Tuesday through his lawyer that he would not appeal his placement under reinforced curatorship, a measure decided last week by a judge in central France.
“Alain Delon will not appeal the decision rendered following the hearing on April 4, 2024 at the Montargis judicial court. He trusts the agent appointed by the court,” explains M in a press release.e Laurence Bedossa, who represents the 88-year-old actor.
The sacred monster of cinema, who suffered a stroke in 2019 and also suffers from lymphoma (cancer of the lymphatic system), had been placed under judicial protection since January with the designation of a legal representative “for his medical monitoring”.
This measure was converted last Thursday into “reinforced curatorship”, which implies in particular that he can no longer decide alone on the management of his property and his finances.
Me Frank Berton, the lawyer for Anouchka Delon, the actor’s daughter, described this reinforced curatorship as a “heavy” measure, even “excessive”, specifying that Alain Delon’s curator would be the “external” person who ensured already the role of legal representative.
“It’s something for him that must be difficult to live with,” because “he hasn’t lost his mind,” said M.e Berton.
According to him, Alain Delon “watches the news, he expresses himself. There was an expert opinion in January which said that there were certainly some alterations in his discernment, but no abolition of his discernment.”
Since the beginning of January, the star’s three children have been waging a fratricidal war, through the media and the courts, each swearing they want to protect their father in declining health.
His sons, Anthony, 59, and Alain-Fabien, 29, believe that Alain Delon is being manipulated by Anouchka, 33, who hid his state of health from them and would like to bring him back to Switzerland.
According to her brothers, the thirty-year-old would like to repatriate her father to the Swiss country, of which he acquired nationality and where he resided regularly, to avoid paying significant inheritance taxes upon the death of their father.
The young woman, for her part, sued her two brothers for invasion of privacy after the broadcast of the recording of a conversation between her and her father. The trial is scheduled to take place in April 2025 in Paris.