Audrey Hepburn’s eldest son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer, told The Sun that the starlet’s second husband, Andrea Dotti, had been a “fantastic” stepdad, cooking up games and experiments to keep Sean entertained. But Hepburn and Dotti had married as the 1960s ushered in the 1970s, and with the new decade came a continuing rise of progressive ideals like “free love.” According to The Sun, Dotti regularly went out clubbing in Rome while Hepburn stayed at home with her sons. To make matters worse, Hepburn had a history of miscarriages, which continued during her marriage to Dotti when she suffered another miscarriage in 1974. The trauma only added extra grief and stress to an already precarious union.
Throughout the 1970s, rumors swirled about Dotti’s many alleged infidelities, including with much younger women. The psychiatrist was photographed with up to 200 women during his marriage to Hepburn. One day, Hepburn’s maid revealed that Dotti would regularly entertain women in their home while Hepburn was traveling. “She was as delicate as she could be and my mother had suspicions already,” Sean told The Sun, “and this was the ’60s sexual revolution.”
Hepburn’s marriage to Dotti officially came to an end in 1982, after 12 years. At first, she remained in Italy so Dotti could see their son Luca, but according to Sean, Dotti never made use of his visitation rights.
