The tension between Luciana Salazar and Martín Redrado He occupied the center of the media scene after the recent Father’s Day, reactivating a conflict that has been fully resolved for more than five years. What began as a media romance between a model and a high profile economist resulted in a scandal with legal, sentimental and economic trim that is now discussed in the Argentine courts.
Salazar again demonstrated publicly against Redrado, ensuring that, despite not being the biological father of his daughter Matilda – born by subrogation of belly in the United States in 2017 -,, The former president of the Central Bank would have assumed a formal commitment to accompany it economically Until the age of majority. According to its version, there is a written agreement in which Redrado agreed to take care of a monthly food share in dollars, which would include the rental of a home for the girl and her mother in Nordelta.
Redrado flatly denies this version. In their environment they argue that it was pressed to sign that document within the framework of an unstable relationship and with the objective of curbing public complaints. In fact, The economist led the matter to justicenot only to invalidate that supposed agreement, but also to denounce Salazar for extortion.
As it transpired, Redrado filed a criminal complaint in which he argues that the model threatened him with disseminating personal information and public writings if it did not meet the terms of that economic commitment. The figure at play is not lower: a monthly rental of USD 3600 and other expenses associated with the standard of living. The judicial accusation includes audios, messages and documents that, according to their defense, would demonstrate that the link between them was used as a pressure tool.
Commitment or confusion?
Faced with this dispute, different specialists have begun to analyze the legal scope of the conflict. One of the most relevant voices was that of the lawyer Elba Marcovecchiorecognized family law specialist, who was consulted in the program Intruders. His vision was blunt: “What I see is a great conceptual confusion of Luciana. On the one hand, it alleges that Martín would be the father, beyond that there is no blood bond, but there was no procreational will, at least in the elements that I saw. ”
Marcovecchio pointed to the legal figure of the “procreational will”a legal tool that in Argentina and in the United States allows us to establish non -biological fatherhood when both parties clearly express their desire to bring a child to the world together. As he explained, for this figure to be valid, there must be legal record of consent, something that, in this case, does not appear in the files. Nor is it recorded that Salazar has initiated a judicial affiliation action so that Justice recognizes Redrado as a father, which further weakens his position in legal terms.
The lawyer also distinguished between the emotional and legal planes. “The other will be an economic issue that two adults will have to settle. The damage that is being done to this creature, giving Martin a role that, according to everything that is shown, is not where you have to stop and protect it”, He said. In his opinion, the media exposure of the conflict directly affects the girl, who is assigned a father who is not from the legal point of view, nor emotional or coexistence. In addition, Marcovecchio stressed that one cannot speak of a food obligation if there is no legal link.“ From the legal, it does not seem to me that there are a food content. Parents are not owners of our creatures, we are to take care of them and represent them, ”he concluded.
Dispute
The conflict between Salazar and Redrado is not new. Since its sentimental relationship ended in 2016 – with subsequent intermittences – public crosses were recurring. In 2021, The model denounced that Redrado would have promised to be an active part in Matilda’s life And then breached that word. On that occasion, the dispute included audiences by zoom, judicial mediations and even a boycott from Salazar to the economist’s social networks.
More recently, it transpired that Redrado would have given justice an email of the fertility clinic in which Salazar performed the treatment in Miami. In that document, it would be confirmed that he He was never a sperm donor nor participated in the process as a future father. This data reinforces the position of its defense, which insists that the link between Redrado and Matilda has no legal or genetic base.
In parallel, Salazar’s defense argues that there was a de facto relationship, with visits, gifts and presence of the economist at important Matilda Childhood. The model argues that Redrado participated in her upbringing as if she were her father, although now she seeks to disregard that responsibility. What is at stake is not just money. It is the public use of the image of a minor in a dispute between adults, with television appearances, cross statements and judicial hearings that end up blurring the limits between the intimate, the legal and the media.
From the judicial field, It is already investigated if there was really a threat for extortive purposes or if it was a private agreement with emotional dyes that ended in conflict. The validity of the signed contract is also analyzed, the context in which it was signed and if there were undue pressures when sealing it. For now, the only verifiable fact is that Matilda does not have a legally recognized father. The rest – the unfulfilled promises, the gestures of affection and the economic commitments – remains under the prism of subjectivity, the media and, ultimately, the courts.
The Redrado -Salazar case exceeds the media anecdote and becomes a mirror of how sentimental disputes between public figures can lead to complex judicial conflicts. In the center, a minor whose identity is part of a litigation that remains open.
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