In cash and in 500 bills: when César Alierta paid an outrageous amount to hide the photos of his kiss with Isabel Sartorius

If something defined the relationship between the businessman Cesar Aliertadied this past Wednesday, and Isabel Santorius, it was the strictest discretion. The former president of Telefónica did everything possible to mislead the social chronicle and live in peace his romance with his former girlfriend. Philip of Bourbon. He even went so far as to shell out a large amount of money to ensure his peace of mind.

It is not clear when their relationship began, but, back in 2018, the manager was already moving his chips to get away from the noise of the press and the objective of the paparazzi. So much so that He even paid two of them a large amount of money, immediately and in cash, to hide the photographs of a kiss with Santorius. The authors of the images themselves have told Vanitatis.

By then it was already known that the two were together. It had been two years since Alierta had left her position at Telefónica, so she was going through a calmer stage of her life. It was an ideal moment to let oneself go, again, in love, especially after the death of his wife in 2015. Ana Cristina Placer, which was a hard blow for him. However, he did not agree to appear in magazines. The intimacy of him and his new partner were among his greatest priorities.

Therefore, when he found out that two photographers captured a kiss between him and Santorius one night, outside her house, and while the driver Alierta was waiting for them on the street, he took action. Of course, he did it without getting upset and without bad faces. At that moment He had enough money in his pocket to find a quick and, above all, effective solution.

After discovering them, it was Santorius who asked the paparazzi to get rid of the snapshots, but they responded that they could receive up to 3,000 euros for them. At that moment, Alierta took out his wallet: he paid 1,500 euros each with 500-euro bills. Solved. The camera card was also given to him.

A discreet love

After five years of discreet relationship, Sartorius and Alierta broke up permanently in autumn 2023, just a few months ago, as we published. The one who was Felipe de Borbón's girlfriend and who was the great promoter of one of the most important companies in Europe took a break from their relationship in 2021, when they had already been together for three years.

At that time we announced that they had finished. The pandemic took its toll on them by having to live apart, but they tried to rebuild at least their friendship again, although it was not easy for them, when normality arrived.

When you begin your relationship with the employer, Sartorius left his house on Miguel Ángel Street in Madrid to settle in a more comfortable apartment in the same neighborhood of Chamberí, where he lived in voluntary withdrawal from social life.

Alierta, who turned 78 in May, widowed and without children, He found company and affection in Isabel, But his nephews, to whom he is very close, were not enthusiastic about a relationship that could go further and distance them from their uncle, in a family and economic sense. The distancing was friendly, but they never cut off communication and Alierta continued to be a protective friend for Isabel, a cultured, world-class and great beauty woman. Alierta took care of everything she might need.

After the breakup, Sartorius changed his house in Chamberí for a smaller apartment and is living a quiet and solitary moment. As always, he has the support of Nora of Liechtenstein, his father's second wife, Vicente Sartorius, Marquis of Mariño, now deceased. He also does not lack the affection of his brother Luis Sartoriusa hospitality businessman, and Teresa, his stepsister, daughter of his father's marriage to Princess Nora.