What’s going on between Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio and Jessica Michel Sefarty?

We loved each other so much or maybe not… It seems like we’ve already reached the end of the line the relationship between Leonardo Maria Del Vecchioson of the former owner of Luxottica, and the American model and actress Jessica Michel Sefarty and the epilogue doesn’t seem to be the best.

Let’s reconstruct what happened: a few hours ago, Jessica Michel Sefarty posted on her Instagram profile with a million followers a video of a few seconds (interrupted abruptly) in which, crying and showing signs of alleged violence on her face, she allegedly accused her boyfriend, Leonardo jr (stunned in front of her), of being the author of that abuse.

Strong images that leave a mark. The video was promptly removed from the actress’s account, who immediately downplayed everything, even apologizing (always on social media) via a message published in the stories of her Instagram page in which she said: «Leo and I apologize to anyone who was upset or affected by yesterday’s story. Sometimes a couple can argue but these facts should never be made public. We ask that our privacy be respected at this time. I would never stay with a violent man, and Leonardo Del Vecchio is not. I take back my words, dictated by anger and not by truth. I take back my words about a person who will always be a companion, a stepfather and a member of my family.”

Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, 29 years old, fourth of the six children of the founder of Luxottica, the only one with Nicoletta Zampillo, second and fourth wife of the owner of the eyewear company with a capitalization of 95 billion, a turnover of 25 billion, and 200 thousand employees, has not yet commented on the incident, limiting himself to sharing the message of Jessica Michel Sefarty.

But nothing escapes the net and many web users had already downloaded the video that, in a short time, went viral, unleashing an avalanche of indignant and concerned comments under the posts of the model’s Instagram account. “You don’t play with violence. Don’t joke about this topic,” reads her profile. “You can’t stay with someone who mistreats you, let alone pretend that this never happened,” wrote some users.

Engagement on the Amalfi Coast a year ago

The couple started dating about a year ago and after a few months, in July 2023, the official engagement arrived, shared on social media with a photo in which Jessica, radiant, showed off the ring with a gigantic dream diamond. The heir to the Del Vecchio empire had chosen the Amalfi Coast as a romantic setting for the proposal, during a boat trip.

The Luxottica scion knelt before his partner and asked for her hand during lunch at the Conca del Sogno restaurant. All topped off with rivers of champagne to remember the memorable moment. “I was completely taken by surprise when he got down on one knee. I remember seeing the joy on Leo’s face when he couldn’t hold it in any longer. At the end he burst into tears. It was spontaneous, emotional and beautiful,” she wrote emotionally.

The fake Indian wedding

At Easter this year, the couple posted photos on social media of themselves on vacation in India, dressed in white with traditional Rajasthani clothes and with colorful flower garlands around their necks, making people think they were married. The son of the owner of Luxottica, with a pair of inevitable Ray Bans on his head, also wrote in the post: “Well… We did it!” and then again: “Ooops I did it again”. A few hours later, Del Vecchio himself denied it: it was an April Fool’s joke. «Just an April Fool’s joke, we didn’t get married. Yet. We hope you had as much fun doing it as we did». With a promise: «Soon to be», «It will happen soon».

In May, the couple made their debut at the Met Gala 2024 and stood out for their bold look. She wore a dress with a cape decorated with “hand-embroidered flowers in perfect ’50s style” and crystals. Del Vecchio, on the other hand, chose a red double-breasted jacket.

Leonardo’s first wedding with the Milanese aristocrat

Leonardo jr already has a failed marriage behind him. He was in fact married to Anna Castellini Baldissera, a Milanese heiress and model, daughter of Marta Coin and Guido Castellini Baldissera, a well-known real estate agent. His ex-wife boasts among her ancestors even Giacomo Puccini and Piero Portaluppi, a well-known Milanese architect.

In this case too, Leonardo Del Vecchio proposed to his girlfriend in August during a boat holiday, the same month they met. In September, the lightning-fast wedding. Beautiful, rich and young, the two young people seemed to be headed towards a happy destiny but it wasn’t like that and the dream wedding ended just six months after the fateful “yes”. The two, at the time he was twenty-seven, she was twenty-one, got married in a civil ceremony at the Royal Palace in September 2021, an intimate ceremony with family and a few friends.

In 2022, the religious wedding was also celebrated in the Château de la Messardière, a nineteenth-century castle in a hilltop position with a panoramic view of the Bay of Saint-Tropez, the Ramatuelle vineyards and the beaches of Pampelonne. A fairytale ceremony and party with Giuliano Sangiorgi of Negramaro who played and intoned “Marvelous” for the bride, dressed as a mermaid and the groom in a camel-colored morning suit. Not much is known about the origin of the crisis and the subsequent breakup. The two broke up on friendly terms but at the time some hypotheses were put forward to explain that unexpected and sudden farewell.

Who is Jessica Serfaty?

Influencer, model and actress, Jessica Michel Serfaty, of French origins, is four years older than Leonardo Jr. Born on April 4, 1991 in Arkansas, she is used to rushing things since she got married very young, at 16, to a boy from Little Rock, Ididia Serfaty, whose surname she kept and from whom she separated shortly after.

Having become a mother at the age of 18 to Roman in 2008, the model had hit the headlines in 2010 for coming fifth in the beauty contest “America’s Next Top Model”. In 2016, when Jessica had a relationship with One Direction’s Niall Horan, her ex-husband Ididia confided to Daily Mail: «My wife abandoned me and our son Roman to seek her fortune in Los Angeles». Accusations from which Jessica defended herself: «I don’t want people to think that I’m not involved in my son Roman’s life: I send him books, and I also buy some for myself, so we can read them together on FaceTime», she had made known to the media.