Cleaning soap opera star Jessica Serfaty advised her billionaire ex-fiancé Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio that she was pregnant over the summer season — however wasn’t certain whether or not he or one other man was the daddy, the Italian-born Ray-Ban inheritor claims.
Del Vecchio, 31, mentioned in an interview with The Submit that in August he was lounging on his yacht moored off the Mediterranean island of Sardinia when Serfaty known as him from Los Angeles with the pressing information.
The decision kicked off a scramble by which Del Vecchio — whose fortune has been estimated at greater than $5 billion — mentioned he chartered personal jets to fly Serfaty and a crew of docs to Sardinia for a collection of paternity exams, together with one aboard his yacht, that finally indicated he wasn’t the daddy.
Regardless of now not being a pair, Del Vecchio mentioned he and Serfaty slept collectively in early July in Monaco whereas staying on the Resort de Paris in Monte Carlo.
Instantly afterward, Serfaty — who appeared on “America’s Subsequent High Mannequin” and starred as lawyer Sloan Petersen in “Days of Our Lives” — flew to Rome, the place she slept with one other man: a mogul within the liquor enterprise, in line with Del Vecchio.
A recording of a telephone name between Del Vecchio and Serfaty reviewed by The Submit additionally captures her acknowledging the encounter.
“I had intercourse with Jessica on the fourth or the fifth of July. Then she flew to Rome apparently seeing this man,” Del Vecchio advised The Submit. “Then after a month, she was like, ‘I’m pregnant — It may be you or him.’”
The claims come as Del Vecchio faces allegations that he employed a reputation-management operative to wage a vicious smear marketing campaign towards his former fiancée, together with by spreading claims on-line that she was a prostitute — accusations detailed in latest investigations by The Hollywood Reporter and The New York Occasions.
Leaked audio recordings revealed by The Hollywood Reporter captured a profanity-laced change by which a fixer working with Del Vecchio mentioned of Serfaty: “wow is it going to get f–ing nasty for this lady.”
Serfaty didn’t reply to The Submit’s a number of requests for remark, together with texts, emails and a message despatched to her Instagram account.
Serfaty publicly denied being pregnant rumors earlier this month, telling Web page Six on Oct. 13: “Not pregnant. Most undoubtedly not with Leo.”
Whereas they waited for the paternity check outcomes, Del Vecchio mentioned he and Serfaty — alongside along with her ex-husband, Ididia Serfaty, and their son Roman — flew to his dwelling in Milan, the place they took two further exams.
A couple of weeks later, in September, Del Vecchio mentioned he phoned Serfaty to ship the outcomes.
“I’m going to let you know what’s going to occur — I’m going to Rome on Tuesday. I’m going to have a again up check to just remember to’re not mendacity to me,” Serfaty mentioned, in line with the telephone recording reviewed by The Submit.
The recorded dialog additionally captures Serfaty claiming that the person had supplied her $5 million to have a child with him, although she mentioned she didn’t intend to simply accept the provide.
“I’m having it aborted, however I’m going to have a check achieved in any case,” Serfaty mentioned, in line with the recording. “I don’t desire a child with this man. I don’t care in regards to the cash.”
The present standing of Jessica Serfaty’s reported being pregnant couldn’t be realized.
Del Vecchio, who denies orchestrating a smear marketing campaign, contends that Serfaty has been the one attacking him publicly as a result of she was upset by the reported paternity outcomes.
Roman Serfaty, 18, advised The Submit that his mom was upset by the reported outcomes as a result of “It was my understanding that she wished it to be Leo’s.”
“The second that she found that it was not mine, she went to the newspapers repeatedly,” Del Vecchio mentioned. “I by no means did any marketing campaign towards her. She did all the things to have some commercial, let’s name it. She falsely alleged and reputationally broken me and betrayed on each attainable angle.”
Del Vecchio mentioned the allegations have broken his repute and sophisticated enterprise dealings involving EssilorLuxottica and Delfin, the funding firm owned by his household.
He mentioned he hopes the paternity-test outcomes will assist clear his identify, though he declined to elaborate on which enterprise dealings have been affected.
Individually, the Del Vecchio household is embroiled in a bitter feud over management of Delfin, which acquired a reported €30 billion takeover provide from Czech billionaire Michal Strnad, in line with Reuters.
Del Vecchio is one in every of eight heirs to the large fortune left by his father, who based eyewear big Luxottica within the Sixties. Its successor, EssilorLuxottica, owns manufacturers together with Ray-Ban, Oakley and Persol.
The ugly spat is the most recent chapter in a feud between Del Vecchio and Serfaty, whose relationship has been the topic of movie star gossip for years. The pair grew to become engaged in 2023, celebrating their romance with appearances on the Met Gala and different glitzy outings.
However the couple had a falling out in 2024 after Serfaty accused Del Vecchio of abusing her aboard a yacht close to Saint-Tropez. Serfaty mentioned Del Vecchio hit her within the head, whereas Roman Serfaty, who was current, mentioned his mother broke a vodka bottle over Del Vecchio’s head.
Serfaty rapidly retracted the allegation, however later advised The Occasions she did so due to Del Vecchio’s alleged smear marketing campaign.
In the meantime, Jessica Serfaty — a former girlfriend of actor Ed Westwick, influencer Logan Paul and One Route singer Niall Horan — faces contemporary authorized woes.
A beforehand unreported courtroom submitting accuses her of giving her son Roman, then 17, what witnesses believed was ketamine at an after-party in Los Angeles on her birthday in April. The submitting additionally alleges that months later she struck him on the again, leaving a welt.
In response to the submitting, Jessica Serfaty gave Roman and two of his associates a small baggie containing what they believed was ketamine after they requested her for medication. The submitting consists of images of the baggie, however the substance has not been independently confirmed as ketamine.
“She gave him medication on her birthday,” Ididia Serfaty — a Los Angeles-based biotech entrepreneur — advised The Submit. “That’s, I hate to say it, shameful.”
The allegations seem in an October submitting in Los Angeles County Superior Court docket submitted by Ididia Serfaty and containing statements signed by Roman. The submitting alleges that Jessica violated an current restraining order defending Ididia and Roman from alleged abusive habits.
“You went again for about three to 5 minutes and got here again with a bit bag, which we believed was ketamine,” Roman advised his mom, in line with a transcript of a telephone name included within the submitting.
The submitting additionally signifies that Roman reported the incident to the Los Angeles Police Division in October. The standing or existence of a police investigation couldn’t be instantly realized.
Jessica Serfaty denied giving her son medication, in line with the transcript.
“The one time I’ve ever heard my son ask for medication was as soon as, and he mentioned it was for a good friend, and I by no means gave him something,” she mentioned.
Jessica Serfaty was additionally accused within the submitting of hitting Roman on the again in August, leaving a “massive crimson hand-printed welt.” The incident occurred at Del Vecchio’s dwelling in Milan whereas the group was awaiting the paternity check outcomes, Ididia Serfaty mentioned.
In a textual content change included within the submitting, Jessica Serfaty appeared to acknowledge slapping her son, claiming he had behaved threateningly towards her.
“The boy deserved a slap after he bowed as much as me like he was gonna hit me!!! A pregnant lady!!”
Del Vecchio, who owns a Milan nightclub, made a startling declare about his intercourse life throughout an October podcast interview.
“I can say that I’ve most likely made love with over 2,000 ladies, and I received over 90% of them by singing ‘Hero,’” he mentioned, apparently referring to the 2001 hit by pop star Enrique Iglesias.
