Manuel Díaz, after the reunion with his father: the inheritance he renounces, his sister and a press conference

Manuel Diaz The Cordovan He has demonstrated these days his enormous human quality, by the way and the ways in which he has managed one of the most important moments of his life, the first public hug with his father, Manuel Benitezthe mythical bullfighter born in Palma del Río almost 88 years ago.

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We have learned that a private meeting between them already took place in September, but Manuel Jr. did not make it known. And that that moment and a simple photo captured by a mobile would have been one of the news of the year. The exclusive statements of the husband of Virginia Troconis, revealing such an event, on any television set or in an important magazine would have been paid at the price of gold. But Manuel opted for silence and prudence, giving up many thousands of euros.

This past Monday, we have finally been able to see father and son hugging each other at the University of Córdoba, where the appointment of the right-handed veteran as V Caliph of Bullfighting. The images conveyed immense happiness on both sides and also made the world of bulls happy, who never understood the father’s resistance to meeting his son, who is now 54 years old and has given his father three grandchildren, a daughter with his first wife , Vicky Martín Berrocal, and two with the beautiful Venezuelan model with whom he has been married for 18 years: little Manuel and Triana.

Manuel Benítez recognized his extramarital son because he had no other choice. In 2016, the judge approved the paternity test processed by the lawyer Fernando Osuna and that Benítez finally accepted. However, even then a meeting between the two was not possible, due to the closedness of the old Cordobés, father of five other children born from his marriage to Martina Freisse, from whom he is divorced.

This week, at a bullfighting event in Madrid, Manuel and his wife expressed great joy and emotion, but also serenity, as they had done up to now. The bullfighter was showered with congratulations, he said affectionate words towards his father, without the slightest hint of rancor or reproach. And to publicize how this long-awaited reconciliation happened and how it was conceived, this Tuesday, February 21, Manuel summons the press at 11 in the morning, in the Espacio Zenit on Orense street in Madrid.

Manuel Benítez has another extramarital daughter recognized by judicial means

A call for all media, without exclusives or private statements. He wants to thank the press, for the informative treatment during all these years, about the paternity of his parent. Once recognized, Manuel never spoke of the inheritance that may correspond to him, nor of other rights. In the search for his father, which cost him so many tears and bitterness, he only wanted to know where he came from, although he knew perfectly well, and that his three children had a grandfather. But above all, restore public dignity and honor to his mother, María Dolores Díaz, the waitress with whom Benítez had a relationship from which this son was born. He is not the only extramarital offspring of the veteran matador. Manuel Benítez is the father of Maria Angeles Raigon Carreras, sister of Manuel Díaz and the other offspring of the legendary matador, recognized 16 years ago also by judicial means.