Overview

• Jimena Buttigliengo alleges her ex‑partner, French designer and developer Willy Rizzo, is retaining their children in Paris and blocking direct communication.
• An email she posted, attributed to Rizzo, directs that any conversation with the twins occur at the 8th arrondissement police station and states no other contact will be allowed.
• Buttigliengo says she has had no contact with the children since July 25, when they traveled to Paris for vacation and were expected to return to Ibiza for the school year.
• The twins, Willy Andrea and Lynda Rose, will turn eight on September 11, a milestone the mother says she planned to celebrate in Ibiza before heading to Paris to seek access.
• Reports note the couple separated in late 2023 after initially cordial co‑parenting, and there is no reported court ruling or official statement from authorities in the case.