Jagger's first wedding: a young man in love who married in 1971 and ended up fleeced 7 years later

Today the wedding announcement of Mick Jagger con Mel Hamrick, but let’s remember that at almost 80 years old he is already on his third. Before there were two and the most mythical was the first one that, five decades later, still lives on in the collective memory. Let’s go back in time…

Mick Jagger –leader of the Stones– and Bianca Perez-Mora Macias –Nicaraguan socialite– got married on May 12, 1971 in Saint Tropez, surrounded by rock stars and a crowd of masses who did not want to miss a single detail of the long-awaited wedding. But how did they meet?

young and in love

They had met only nine months before and, although it may seem like a cliché, Paris was the place of such a magical meeting. He September 21, 1970during a party behind closed doors after a concert by the Stones, at the George V hotel. There, all those present made sure of a quick flirtation between the two and, from there, very soon pregnancy in sight. “The idea of marriage scared me,” Bianca said in the biography of Philip Norman.

A wedding that hardly takes place

May 12, 1971. Saint Tropez was the place chosen, very fashionable at that time, although the media link was almost not celebrated. Bianca found out that same day that she had to sign and agree to the French marriage contract, which asked to specify whether, in the event of a breakup, the couple’s assets would be treated together or separately, something that infuriated her because she did not think so. the best moment, just a few minutes before the Yes, I do! Finally, she agreed to sign the Separation of Property.

Already four months pregnant, Bianca Perez-Mora Macias She was radiant with a look that discreetly hid her belly and which, by the way, was substantially different from what brides wore then. The rocker was not far behind: he wore a light green three-piece suit designed by Tommy Nutter and an unbuttoned flowered shirt.

They did a double, first a civil ceremony and then a religious one. But, after a double marriage, the marriage did not last long. in may of 1978 Bianca asked for a divorce and, according to what his second wife told years later, Jerry Hall, the Nicaraguan and her lawyers fleeced the young singer then. Although the agreement was not made public, there was talk of a million dollars at the time, it seems that it was practically the entire fortune that he treasured at that time. Jagger in their coffers.