He
told me he loved me and promised we’d come out as a couple. In reality he was
keeping me a secret so he could romance other women.” Recalling how they met in Wanton, Greater Manchester, she said: “I was at Puccini restaurant with
friends to ¬celebrate a birthday and he was there.
According to reports at the
time Sven was still seeing long-term partner Nancy, but Marisa says: “He told
me the relationship was over, but she was still trying to get to his money.
That was the only reason they were still in contact. “I had no reason not to
believe him, especially when I heard them arguing on the phone in Italian.
They
certainly didn’t seem like a couple.” Six months later, when Sven and Marisa’s
relationship was revealed in the press Sven asked her not to speak openly about
it. “He promised me I was the only one for him and that we would come out as a
couple soon, but that we had to do it at the right time.
