{
  "id": 26381,
  "title": "The Summer of Betrayal for Stéphanie of Monaco: 30 years of Daniel Ducruet's sex scandal that shook Monaco and went around the world",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/el-verano-de-la-traicion-a-estefania-de-monaco-30-anos-del-escandalo",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-02T03:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais",
    "slug": "el-pais",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/gente/2026-08-02/el-verano-de-la-traicion-a-estefania-de-monaco-30-anos-del-escandalo-sexual-de-daniel-ducruet-que-sacudio-monaco-y-dio-la-vuelta-al-mundo.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "It's August 5, 1996. Daniel Ducruet, then husband of Stéphanie of Monaco, arrives at a luxurious villa in Cap de Villefranche, just five kilometers from Nice and 15 from Monte Carlo. A Belgian stripper, Fili Houteman, is waiting for him, someone he met a few days earlier on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. What happens next is the stuff of tabloid history and European royalty, a scandal that is now 30 years old. The princess's husband was not only unfaithful, but his betrayal was captured in a pornographic scene by a photographer who was waiting attentively for it to happen. He was unaware that his infidelity was being captured, but the world found out a few weeks later. At the end of August, Italian magazines Eva Tremila and Gente published the images; in Spain, Interviú shared them. The controversy was served and divorce was already cooking in Monaco.",
  "summary": "The former bodyguard starred in some compromising images, which were sold for thousands of euros, with a Belgian stripper, whom he has described for three decades as a \"trap\" caused by drugs.",
  "key_points": [
    "On August 5, 1996, Daniel Ducruet had an affair with Fili Houteman",
    "Ducruet's infidelity was photographed and published in Italian and Spanish magazines",
    "The scandal led to the end of Princess Stephanie's 30-year marriage to Ducruet"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}