The eldest son of Maria das Durres, the socialite who killed her husband in 2007On Wednesday, the 18th of this month, he interacted on social media with the release of his mother from prison, after serving 16 years of the 23-year prison sentence to which she was sentenced in 2008.
“I woke up today to the news of my mother’s alleged release on parole, as well as to several messages and attempts to contact the media,” David Motta, a well-known creative who works with the world’s largest fashion publishing houses, wrote on Instories. Failing that, and in order to respond to everyone, I leave here a plea for respect, peace and tranquility for two families who have experienced this unwanted persecution for almost 20 years. The mother began and ended her public testimony with the interview with Cristina Ferreira and the launch of the book co-authored by Virginia Lopez. “There is nothing to say or add in the public domain about this.”
Maria das Doris, David Motta
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David Motta did not add anything else or mention what the meeting with his mother would be like. The creator is One of the greatest supports given by María das Durres since her conviction for the death of her husband, businessman Paulo Pereira da Cruz. Regarding his mother, he always talks on social media about the “unconditional love” he feels.
“The day this book came out They asked me what it was like to be a mama’s son. I don’t know, I didn’t have another one. She was the one who brought me into the world, she was the one who breastfed me, she was the one who accompanied me when I was very sick or when I cried because I was made fun of at school. This is also what has taught me and provided me with countless things and experiences that have made me the person I am today. For all this, I am extremely grateful to you, and it does not mean that I had to love you unconditionally, in fact I knew what that was even 12 years ago,” reads one of the statements David made to his mother.
The young man was beginning his career as a creative in New York when he was forced to return to Portugal due to his mother’s conviction. David graduated in the USA in Communications and Fine Arts and got his first internship at Vogue magazine.
After his mother was convicted, David found himself facing justice in a dispute with his father, María das Durres’s first husband, José Ambrosio.
The subject of the dispute was the transfer of 127 thousand euros in 2006 from an account in Caixa Geral de Depósitos to two other accounts in the name of David Motta. The young man asked his father to be his guarantor for a house loan at CGD.
David was also forced to return the money to his father and nothing is known about what happened in the following years. But it seems that father and son have reconciled in recent years, at least through David’s social media posts, in which he recalls moments with his father.
The young man, who also lived in London, has collaborations with publications such as “Elle”, “Harper’s Bazaar” and “Paper Magazine”. In Portugal he had another achievement in his career, when In 2018, he participated in Madonna’s photo shoot for the August issue of Italian Vogue, where he worked on editorial production.
Unlike David Motta, who supported his mother from the beginning Younger brother Duarte, He lives away from all the controversy and from his mother. Little is known about the young man, only that he is studying medicine and has become estranged from his mother.
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