Overview
- Pietro Lombardi said on Friday’s Patchwork Boys podcast that a prepaid Mallorca trip with his 10-year-old son Alessio was canceled at short notice because agreed co‑parenting arrangements were not honored.
- He said he had booked flights, hotel and activities and obtained written school permission to release Alessio early for the flight, and that those logistics were all in place before the cancellation.
- After the trip fell through, Lombardi said he tried to arrange a weekend visit with Alessio’s half‑siblings through Laura Maria Rypa but that the plan was vetoed by the child’s mother.
- Lombardi stated he lost significant money on the canceled bookings, declared he will seek to recover the costs and said he may donate recovered funds, and podcast co‑host Oliver Pocher publicly backed his account.
- The episode adds to a long pattern of public disputes between Lombardi and ex‑wife Sarah Engels over co‑parenting; Engels has not issued a public response and the disagreement remains unresolved.