Celebrity Biographies
MARÍA EDITE SANTOS, THE WOMAN WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE A SON BY JULIO IGLESIAS: HER AGE AND NATIONALITY
She is 67 years old and she is a Portuguese dancer who was a true unknown to the general public. She worked as a dancer in her country, which led her to have a contract to perform during a summer on the Costa Brava.
THAT’S HOW HE MET JULIO IGLESIAS
It was there that he met Julio Iglesias on a night at the venue. According to her, and several witnesses who have been talking about her in recent years, the singer was impressed by her beauty and did not hesitate to try to have something with her. It must be remembered that this episode happened in 1975, when he had been married to Isabel Preysler for four years.
This supposed infidelity was recounted in detail in the book A son with Julio Iglesias “He insisted that I end up sleeping in his house that same day, a one-story chalet located on a hill in Sant Feliu.” According to her, from those nights of passion she became pregnant.
Despite the fact that she has always been very confident, the Portuguese did not make it public until Javier Santos, the son who would have been born from that relationship, did not turn 13 years old. It was in the year 1990 when a legal battle began that is still open in 2022.
In the 90s, María Edite Santos became a star character in the media, but since the pressure led her to attempt suicide, as she has recounted in ‘Who is my father?’, on Telecinco, she decided to step aside and leave him. all in the hands of his son.
At first, a judge agreed with him and declared that Julio Iglesias was Javier’s father after the singer refused to take paternity tests. But the singer’s defense managed to annul that sentence, alleging that no one warned him of the consequences that he would have to refuse.
Years later, in 2019, a private detective obtained DNA remains from Julio José Iglesias. As if it were a movie, he had to resort to picking up a bottle of water from the garbage that Julio’s son had just drunk.
the result of the test said that Julio Iglesias is Javier’s father with a 99.9% probability, although the Supreme Court knocked down the paternity suit. In 2022, while María Edite Santos is withdrawn from the media, Javier continues his fight and has reached the Strasbourg court.