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Jimmy Giménez-Arnau’s daughter, Leticia, has been estranged from her father for more than 30 years. Find out the story behind this complicated relationship.
Journalist and commentator Jimmy Giménez-Arnau passed away on September 17, three days after celebrating his 80th birthday, which has sparked interest in his daughter and the complicated relationship between the two.
His death has surprised many, as the details of his passing are still unknown. His wife, Sandra Salgado, confirmed the news and mentioned that the journalist had been hospitalized for a week due to an illness.
Who is Jimmy Giménez-Arnau’s daughter?
Throughout his life, Jimmy Giménez-Arnau was a controversial figure in the media, but he also had a family side marked by his relationship with his daughter, Leticia Giménez-Arnau Martínez Bordiú .
Born in 1979, the fruit of his marriage to Merry Martínez Bordiú , granddaughter of Francisco Franco, Leticia was Carmen Polo’s first great-granddaughter. However, Jimmy’s family life was complicated from the beginning.
In 1977, Jimmy married Merry Martínez Bordiú, joining his life to one of the most famous families in Spain. Two years later, their daughter Leticia Giménez-Arnau was born.
Despite the promising start, just ten months after Leticia’s birth, the couple decided to split up. In the first few years after the breakup, Jimmy continued to maintain contact with his daughter, although the relationship became more complicated over time, especially due to legal disputes over custody.
During an interview with Bertín Osborne, the journalist revealed one of the most painful aspects of his life: his estrangement from Leticia. Jimmy Giménez-Arnau admitted that he had stopped seeing his daughter when she was 12 years old and that they had been without contact for more than 30 years.
“I fought for many years to stop her from telling me that I had abandoned her. I won several lawsuits, but her mother did not comply with the rulings,” the journalist said.
Leticia, who is now 45 years old , never had another relationship with her father and, as far as we know, did not invite him to her wedding in 2008 with Salvadoran businessman Marcos Sagrera.
Jimmy Giménez-Arnau’s life, in addition to being marked by his media career, was defined by the broken relationship with his daughter . Despite his legal efforts, Jimmy never managed to reconcile with Leticia, a distance that lasted until his death.
