The family of Jean-Paul Belmondo “shocked” by the book of his ex-partner, Carlos Sotto Mayor – South West

Carlos Sotto Major, Portuguese and Brazilian actress dated Jean-Paul Belmondo in the 1980s, she was then in her twenties. She appears in numerous films with the actor died in early September at the age of 88. She notably made the front page of celebrity magazines for “Marginal” (1983), “Happy Easter” (1984) and “Solitaire” (1987), the last action films of Jean-Paul Belmondo.

But, it is not his talents as an actress that are currently talking. Carlos Sotto Mayor wrote a book on his crazy years spent with “Bébel”, which she also found at the end of 2019. “Jean Paul. My man from Rio ”, is not yet on the shelves of bookstores that he is already unleashing passions and reactions, especially those of the actor’s family.

“It’s indecent”

“The whole Belmondo family is shocked by the attitude of Madame Sotto Mayor. She is shocked by the publication of this book just a few days after the death of Jean-Paul Belmondo ”, deplores with the Parisian Me Michel Godest, lawyer and friend of Jean-Paul Belmondo.

According to him, she has gone too far. “It’s indecent. None of his companions has ever given up to the public their intimate life with him. “What also shocks the family is the attitude of the actress and has been for several years. She had returned to the life of the actor shortly before his death, in 2019 and early 2020.

Still according to the lawyer, she had done more than just make a comeback. “She imposed herself. She wanted to keep him to herself, to keep him away from her relatives, her family. She made him take lots of photos and videos during the summer of 2020, ”he explains to the Parisian. Me Michel Godest goes even further and accuses the actress of having exhausted Belmondo. ” [Elle] took advantage of him to make his media return ”.

“A very deep friendship with a lot of love”

In an interview for the Parisian, Carlos Sotto Mayor spoke about his relationship with Jean-Paul Belmondo, the reunion in 2020 and his book. They had according to her “a very deep friendship with a lot of love”.

Faced with the reactions of the Belmondo family, the actress defends herself. “Do you think I wrote it in two weeks?” No, it was planned for this return ”. This is not enough to calm the clan of the actor who continues on the sudden “disappearance” of Carlos Sotto Mayor in the spring of 2020. “And why, if she was madly in love, she suddenly disappeared without giving any news afterwards last spring? Carlos Sotto Mayor explains having spent time with Jean-Paul Belmondo and that it was time for her to go back to work.

Never mind, Me Michel Godest strikes a last blow to the actress. “I leave Madame Sotto Mayor face to face with her conscience as to her astonishing presentation of things. I have always been very close to Jean-Paul and therefore know the truth. “