Former Miss Venezuela who fled Mexico is Casillas' new girlfriend

Iker Casillas has a new girlfriend: Irene Esser, a former Miss Venezuela who fled Mexico after her relationship with AMLO's son. The model's troubled past and her

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Iker Casillas finds love with a former Miss Venezuela with a troubled past in Mexico

Iker Casillas, the most decorated goalkeeper in Spanish football, is back in the headlines for his love life. But this time the story comes with a script not even the best crime reporter could invent. The chosen one is Irene Esser, a former Miss Venezuela, who already made the tabloid covers for her relationship with the eldest son of former Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, José Ramón López Beltrán. That romance ended badly, allegedly with threats and ultimatums that forced her to flee the country, according to a screenshot from the Honduran newspaper La Prensa circulating since June 2026.

The unexpected link to the López Obrador family

The news has peine Esser's file. Images of the model at the 2025 Málaga Film Festival show her smiling, but her past carries an aura of controversy. In Mexico, the relationship with AMLO's son ended in an urgent escape: "threats and ultimatums", according to the source. The echo of it all recalls the Royuela case, though without the tragic overtones. The former Mexican president, known for his incendiary rhetoric, has not commented on the matter.

Financial advice for a goalkeeper

The comments were not long in coming. While some praise Esser's looks —they compare her favorably with Sara Carbonero—, others remind the former footballer that, if there is a wedding, he should protect himself. The star advice: a prenuptial agreement and putting everything in his mother's name, in the purest Achraf Hakimi style. And no wonder: Casillas already saw his previous marriage end in a highly publicized separation. The goalkeeper, who has amassed a fortune estimated in the tens of millions, should take note.

The question remains up in the air: are we looking at a new beginning or another chapter of a novel that always ends the same way? For now, she is back in the public eye and he is back in the headlines. Mexico and Spain, united by love and trouble.

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