After years of silence, Francisco Rivera Ordóñez gave an interview for ¡De friday! loaded with inflammatory statements that have not left anyone indifferent. A testimony that did not exactly leave in a good light Isabel Pantoja, second wife of Francisco Rivera "Paquirri", whom he accuses of having burned the bullfighter's personal belongings that both he and his brother Cayetano have been claiming for years.
An accusation that was refuted by Laura Cuevas, daughter of Cantora's former mayor, who revealed during the program that it would have been Julián Muñoz who would have burned photographs of the bullfighter with his older children at the request of Isabel Pantoja. Some accusations that the former mayor of Marbella now denies, in statements to Vamos a ver, ensuring that he saw Paquirri's controversial belongings in Cantora.
The journalist Pepe del Real managed to speak with the former mayor of the capital of Malaga, who denied having ordered the Cantora mayor to burn those objects. What's more, according to Muñoz, Paquirri's objects were still on the farm; At least, as far as he remembers: two suits, a rapier and a hat.
A statement that partially proves Francisco Rivera right, since Isabel Pantoja's ex-partner did not see all the objects collected in the famous inventory of the bullfighter's belongings. Regarding the photographs, the former mayor of Marbella also denies that they had been burned: "I'm not aware of that. I don't remember." However, although the journalist insists on the issue of the suits, Muñoz insists that he only saw two suits of the deceased bullfighter's belongings.
Some statements that coincide with those that Muñoz himself made in 2020, when he went live on the Telemadrid program Huellas to talk at that time about the conflict between Isabel Pantoja and her son, Kiko Rivera.
"I have seen Paquirri's junk on the farm. I don't remember when I visited the room. It was at the beginning. Curiosity always gets the better of you and I asked Mrs. Pantoja," he said. "When I entered the room I found, I want to remember, the light suit that he was wearing on the day of his unfortunate death wrapped in something white. A crutch, I think also a pair of flags, a rapier... They were in a closet" , he assured.
However, it seems that despite what Muñoz said, Francisco Rivera would not have told the truth either. Isabel Pantoja would not have refused to distribute Paquirri's personal belongings, but she would not have been able to, in fact.
The distribution of Paquirri's objects never took place, since other relatives of the deceased bullfighter refused to hand over some goods that were part of the same inventory, such as watches from luxury brands, and whose final recipients could have been others. For this reason, the legal representative of the Riveras would never have been able to initiate legal action against the tonadillera on behalf of the brothers.
The bullfighter's son has always alleged that his mother, Carmina Ordóñez, had won a court case against Isabel Pantoja in which she claimed the assets that Paquirri had left as an inheritance to her two children. However, according to the resolution, this is not entirely true.
"It is concluded that the lawsuit cannot uphold the claims made that affect the assets and rights of Don Francisco and Don Cayetano," says the ruling. Carmen Ordoñez could not claim any assets because her will indicates that she could not manage the assets of her children, which establishes that, judicially, Isabel Pantoja would not be obliged to hand over her assets.
