“I hesitated, but I'm tired of hearing all these things about him.
My dad and my name have been smeared for too long.
All of this should have stayed in the family, but she (Laurence Py, mother of Lucas and Théo Hernandez) said too many things.
She pretends to be nice, but she's a very bad person.
With these words, published in a France Football investigation on Saturday, Lauris Hernandez, elder half-sister of French internationals and daughter of Jean-François Hernandez, wishes to reestablish her truth about the "disappearance" of her father, with whom she remained in contact since his departure in 2004.
In an interview he gave us in 2018, Lucas Hernandez briefly returned to the departure of his father, when he was 8 years old and Theo 7. “Now that I am a dad, I realize even more of what he has done, that he has failed in his role as a father.
Tomorrow, if I meet him, we'll have a conversation.
But one thing is certain, I can't imagine abandoning my son, ”he testified.
During its investigation, France Football therefore traced Jean-François Hernandez.
Former central defender passed in particular by Toulouse, Sochaux and Marseille, the father of the two defenders selected for the World Cup has long lived in Thailand.
According to the weekly, he returned two years ago to France, in the Southwest, where he became a salesman.
In this new life, the former footballer, who refused to answer questions from France Football, spends his weekends with his mother and daughter, Lauris.
He cries in front of the matches of his sons
Contrary to the story previously presented in the media by Laurence Py, the mother of Lucas and Théo Hernandez, who accused Jean-François Hernandez of having abandoned his children, Lauris and several other witnesses ensure that the former footballer s fought for a time to keep custody of his children, in vain, before moving to Thailand.
Lauris also draws a frightening portrait of Laurence Py, who "made her drool": she depicts her as a "very toxic person" who, in particular, "hit her with a spoon" or even tore "her comforter".
His version of the facts is corroborated by numerous testimonies from former relatives of the family, including a cousin of Jean-François Hernandez: “This is bullshit that has been said about him for all these years.
He never abandoned his children.
It was her, his ex-girlfriend, who cut him off from his children.
Laurence Py did not respond to requests from the weekly.
“Their father demobilized too early, yes, but he did not abandon them, adds Sonia Moldes, ex-girlfriend of Jean-François Hernandez.
He loves them more than his own life.
“In his edifying tale, France Football specifies that Jean-François Hernandez does not miss a match of his sons with the France team.
“But he watches them alone, because he almost cries from start to finish of the match, says his daughter Lauris.
It's very hard for him.
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