Last May, Blanche Boulogne, Alain Delon’s presumed granddaughter, filed a request in Switzerland for a DNA test to establish the French actor’s paternity. This procedure, launched following the death of his father, Ari Boulogne, was intended to continue the legal battle that had been going on for decades. However, just as the actor’s interrogation was scheduled for July, the procedure was abruptly halted.
17-year-old Blanche Boulogne’s decision to terminate the Swiss process was prompted by a similar procedure initiated in France by her half-brother, Charles Boulogne, 25. Together, the two children of Ari Boulogne, who has always claimed to be Alain Delon’s son, have decided to join forces to move the case forward in France.
A crucial development occurred on May 23, when the French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) authorized the case to be tried in France, a first in this field. Alain Delon, who passed away at the age of 88, could relaunch the process! In France, the law allows a person to refuse a paternity test, but a judge may interpret this refusal as an indication of paternity, or on the contrary, as an absence of kinship in the case of fraud.
