Audrey Hepburn's Regretted Decision to Send Son Away After Husband's Alleged Attack

Audrey Hepburn's son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer, has revealed a deeply painful decision the iconic actress made in 1975, an event she reportedly regretted her entire life. The incident, detailed in the authorized biography "Intimate Audrey," occurred when Hepburn was living in Rome with her second husband, psychiatrist Andrea Dotti. Hepburn Ferrer recounts that his stepfather, Andrea Dotti, arrived home one day with a severe head wound, claiming he had been attacked by four masked men. Dotti alleged that the assailants attempted to force him into a Mercedes-Benz, but he escaped after being struck with a pistol. He sought help, attracting the attention of security guards who caused the attackers to flee. Hepburn was reportedly terrified by the incident, fearing for her family's safety amid a period of heightened security concerns in Italy due to a rise in kidnappings. Consequently, she made the difficult decision to send her then 15-year-old son, Sean, to a boarding school in Switzerland. Years later, Hepburn discovered that the alleged attack was linked to her husband's infidelity, a revelation that added to her lifelong regret over the decision to separate her son from her.