Following Alain Delon's death on August 18, 2024, tensions between his three children are running high. If relations between them were already complicated, the opening of the will has further inflamed the situation. In this official document, Alain Delon divided his estate into three parts: 50% for Anouchka, his favorite daughter, and 25% for each of his sons, Anthony and Alain-Fabien.
This decision is in accordance with Swiss law, but it immediately raises questions. Anthony quickly filed a complaint against his sister, accusing her of hiding information about their father's health from him. For her part, Anouchka initiated legal proceedings against her brothers for invasion of privacy after a recording of an intimate conversation with her father was broadcast.
But what the Delon brothers did not yet know was that there was a second, much more secret will. Revealed by Paris Match, this document was signed by Alain Delon on November 24, 2022, in Geneva, in the presence of Anouchka Delon and Christophe Ayella, the actor's former lawyer, but without the knowledge of his sons.
And this new will turns everything upside down: only Anouchka inherits her father's moral rights. In other words, she has the final say on the use of his image, name, and works. No documentary, exhibition, or tribute can be made without her consent. This is no longer just a question of money, but of memory and symbolic kinship.
Alain Delon's choice was not accidental. The actor never hid his deep attachment to his daughter. A close friend even shared: "If he could have given her everything, he would have done so." A clear preference, but one that has left its mark. According to reports, Anthony Delon was "extremely hurt" when he learned that he would not be entitled to his late father's moral inheritance.
Because this is no longer about apartments or bank accounts, but about the symbolic legacy of a patriarch. Alain Delon chose to entrust this role solely to Anouchka. "It's as if he wanted to sever all family ties," claims Laurence Bedossa, Anthony Delon's lawyer and his father's last advisor.
Faced with this storm, Anouchka Delon remains silent. She has fully assumed her role as executor of the will, a position she shares with her father's Geneva notary and wealth manager. It is a difficult task, especially when the family is falling apart. But according to those close to her, she is saddened that her father's wishes are causing so much tension.
Until the estate is officially settled, Alain Delon's children receive €10,000 per month, with an advance payment of 100,000 Swiss francs. This is a situation that none of the children could have imagined before the tragic death of the French film star.
According to estimates, Alain Delon's estate is worth around €50 million, which is far from the €150-350 million mentioned in the press. | BGNES