Sofía Palazuelo’s father, in trouble: declared insolvent in the arduous battle with his ex-wife

News in the case of the architect Fernando Palazuelothe father of Sofia Palazuelo, future Duchess of Alba. The National Court has declared the architect insolvent in the legal battle that he has had since 2018 with his ex-wife and the mother of his daughter, Sofia Barroso.

Therefore, as anticipated The confidentialFernando, a well-known architect and real estate developer in Peru, will sit on the bench in the coming months without first depositing the nine and a half million euros that the instruction has been demanding from him since September to meet the possible financial obligations of the procedure. The father-in-law of Fernando Fitz-James Stuart y Solís faces five years in prison at the request of the prosecutor.

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It must be remembered that the happiness that seemed to surround the marriage between Sofía and Fernando, who have three other children (Fernando, Jaime y beltran), was marred by a series of problems arising from his business. They separated and, in 2005, Barroso moved to Madrid with his children, while Fernando stayed in Palma.

In 2008, Sofía Palazuelo’s father settled in Peru, where he fell in love with a 25-year-old architect, Luciana Soldiwith which he founded a new Arte Express Peru, a partnership very similar to the one he had with his ex-wife.

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After their separation, Sofía and Fernando have faced each other in court. She accused him of taking a fortune of 50 million euros from her. In the lawsuit filed by Sofía Barroso, she alleges that her ex-husband and Luciana Soldi drew up a plan to allegedly divert funds from Spanish companies to Peruvian ones, taking advantage of her trust and the fact that he was the sole administrator of Express Art.




The future Dukes of Alba at the wedding of Beltrán Palazuelo, her brother, on December 17

On the part of the future Duchess of Alba, the relationship she has with her father is complex (she was not even one of the guests at her wedding with Fernando Fitz-James Stuart y Solís in 2018 at the Liria Palace). Sofía, meanwhile, is pregnant with her second child. Marriage will give a little sister to Rosariowho was born in September 2020.