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Former F1 driver Jean Alesi (62) reportedly held a secret wedding on Italy’s Amalfi Coast with his new partner Ania, just two months after announcing the end of his common-law marriage to actress Kumiko Goto (52), according to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera and other outlets on the 29th (local time). Around 100 guests are said to have attended from around the world, including former F1 figures such as Alain Prost. On 5channel forums, users debated why the relationship with Goto never led to a formal marriage registration, and discussed the legal standing of common-law marriage in France.
Multiple Italian media outlets reported on the 29th (the 30th, Japan time) that French former F1 racer Jean Alesi (62) secretly held a wedding ceremony in Italy with Ania, his partner of several years.
Alesi had been in a common-law marriage with actress Kumiko Goto (52) since 1995, but on June 13 this year Goto announced through her talent agency that the relationship had ended, commenting: “I’m sorry to bring up such a personal matter, but I have ended my partnership with Mr. Jean Alesi, with whom I shared my daily life for many years, and we will now each go our own way.” The secret wedding came to light barely two months later.
Corriere della Sera reported: “The Amalfi and Sorrento coasts, which Jean Alesi has long cherished and loved, became the setting for a new chapter in his private life. The Italian-French former F1 champion married today away from the public eye, in secret.” Around 100 guests reportedly traveled from around the world for the ceremony, including sports celebrities such as French former F1 champion Alain Prost (71).
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Does it actually say they registered the marriage?
Pretty typical of women, honestly
breaking up with a long-term boyfriend and marrying the next guy right away.
Maybe he just didn't want an Asian woman taking his assets if they divorced?
That has nothing to do with France (or Switzerland, where he probably lives)
it's a country with a legal common-law marriage system, so there's a certificate for it that's treated as equivalent to marriage.
I think it was a common-law marriage because he couldn't officially divorce his previous wife.
Rich people over there settle property division terms in writing before marriage anyway
so it's not really about not wanting his assets taken.
Schumacher's about the only F1 driver from that era whose situation people actually still keep tabs on.
Kind of heartwarming that Prost showed up to the wedding.
I wonder if Goto ever got a wedding of her own?
They held the ceremony in a church, so it's not a common-law marriage.
You can hold a ceremony without it meaning anything legally, can't you?
Or does a church wedding automatically equal marriage?
Miyazawa, no contest
she's still an active actress with solid critical standing.
All I know is you're about three lifetimes behind wherever they are.
If racers went to university they'd never make it to F1.
Verstappen was in F1 at 17, and Kobayashi made his pro debut domestically before he even had a driver's license.
It's the same deal as professional shogi players.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HQ7yWeMboAAtcCI.jpg
I asked an AI, and going by eyewitness accounts describing a composed, mature madame, it said she's probably older than Gokumi (Goto).
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HQ5k1U8WEAA9jdc.jpg
Alesi looks way too much like an old man now
uh… yikes.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
In France and Italy, unlike the image of “common-law marriage” (jijitsukon) in Japan, there’s a widely used legal framework for civil partnerships that carries marriage-equivalent rights along with formal arrangements for property division, so choosing not to file an official marriage registration is not unusual there. This difference in legal systems is part of why the Alesi-Goto relationship was long described as a “common-law marriage.” Opinions in the thread were split over whether this latest ceremony counts as a legal marriage, with some commenters pointing out that a church wedding doesn’t necessarily equal a legally registered one. The fact that it came just two months after Goto’s announcement also drew attention, but as of this report neither party has commented on any connection between the wedding and the split — the story remains based solely on local media reporting.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5channel (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “Jean Alesi, Who Ended Common-Law Marriage with Kumiko Goto in June, Reportedly Held Secret Wedding in Italy”.
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