AGI – New episode on the ‘Delon case’, another story (after that of Depardieu) which has profoundly shaken the world of cinema, in France and elsewhere. L‘iconic Tancredi del Gattopardothe ‘Handsome’ of the big screen from beyond the Alps, now eighty-eight years old and seriously compromised in his cognitive abilities, will remain from now on under the guardianship of a legal trusteea support administrator who will assist him in all the most important decisions. Especially about his health and his finances.
Delon, announces theFrench broadcaster TF1 in a service, “is now in the hands of the courts”. Weakened and in a state of “rapid psycho-physical deterioration” after the stroke that struck him in 2019, the actor (88 years old) was placed under guardianship as anticipated by France Presse on the basis of a document to which he had access. Document in which the court of Montargis (Loiret) – the region where Delon resides due to his historic ownership of Douchy – establishes that a legal representative will now have to assist the actor also “with regard to medical treatment and the choice of doctors who will provide.”
ADP – The entrance to Delon’s residence, La Brulerie, in Douchy, central France
After being at loggerheads for several months over their father’s health, the decision was welcomed by Anthony e Anouchka Delon. “If this can set the record straight and prevent lawyers from talking about my father’s illness without even looking at the documents, that’s a good thing. This medical controversy will end once and for all,” said Anthony, the eldest son, all ‘AFP, adding that it learned of the decision from BFMTV, the source of the information. “Here in Douchy nobody knew anything about it, including my father,” he added.
In general, the support administrator has the task of “collecting income on behalf of the person placed under his protection, allocating it to his expenses, managing his bank accounts, sorting his mail, including electronic mail”, but also to “avoid acts of embezzlement, such as signing checks, current management of bank accounts and other documents”, as explained to ‘Le Figaro’ by Valéry Montourcy, a lawyer specializing in the rights of vulnerable adults.
This measure is adopted on a provisional basis, before the judge decides on the merits, i.e. on the institution of guardianship or curatorship. The justice decision follows several complaints for “endangering” the iconic French actor, whose increasingly serious state of health – both due to the consequences of the stroke and a subsequently diagnosed lymphoma – has been at the center of a violent argument between his three children.
On January 4, the public prosecutor of Montargis, Jean-Cédric Gaux, announced that, according to a previous expert report, the actor’s discernment was “totally abolished”, specifying that “the opening of proceedings to place him under guardianship jurisdictional” was being evaluated.