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Adriane Galisteu’s HBO Max Doc Reframes Her Senna Story, Citing Dossier and Censored Photos

The release renews debate over who shapes Senna’s private legacy.

Overview

  • Meu Ayrton: Por Adriane Galisteu premiered on HBO Max on November 6, presenting Galisteu’s first‑person account of her 1993–94 relationship with Ayrton Senna.
  • The production notes that the Senna family and Xuxa Meneghel were invited to participate but declined, citing contractual commitments.
  • Friends interviewed in the film allege the family compiled taped phone calls about Galisteu and delivered the material to Senna days before his death in 1994.
  • Galisteu recounts that Senna intervened to block publication of her 1993 Playboy photos, with rare prints later found in her personal archive during a recent cataloging effort.
  • She describes feeling sidelined at Senna’s funeral, and says she kept personal items he left her, including a Fiat Uno she refused to sell despite a R$200,000 offer.