The famous actor dreamed of making a film based on his own script for more than 10 years. One of the roles in the film, which has the working title “The Bronze Horseman,” was played by Livanov’s young granddaughter, Eva.
Photo: globallookFor many years, Vasily Livanov nurtured the idea of making a film based on his own script. Despite the fact that at first this dream seemed impossible, the director achieved his goal. Soon the viewer will be able to see a film by Livanov - “The Bronze Horseman”, which tells the story of the relationship between the artist and the authorities in the realities of the 17th century.
Prince Potemkin in the film was played by Vasily Borisovich’s eldest son, Boris, one of the roles also went to the director’s 15-year-old granddaughter Eva. According to Livanov, the girl coped well with the assigned tasks and in the future could follow the acting path.
However, Eva herself has not yet decided on a profession. It is quite possible that she will continue the work of her famous grandfather or will be implemented in some other area. Note that until recently, relations between relatives were very tense. After her father's arrest, Eva was left to live with her grandparents. (The story was very complicated, then a man died as a result of a domestic fight, and Boris Livanov was found guilty.) From time to time the girl got tired of the moralizing of the older generation and
77-year-old actor Vasily Livanov has achieved the long-awaited opportunity to take care of his 10-year-old granddaughter Eva. The court partially limited parental rights to the daughter-in-law of the famous performer of the role of Sherlock Holmes, Ekaterina Livanova.
To satisfy the claim,” judge Elena Tsyplakova announced the decision. - Partially limit Ekaterina Livanova’s parental rights.
While her mother is undergoing treatment, little Eva Livanova will go to live with her eminent grandfather. What played against Catherine in the trial was her refusal to obey the decision of the Moscow City Court, made back in 2010. She never underwent the mandatory examination by a narcologist and psychiatrist.
No one can forcibly admit Ekaterina to a clinic for treatment,” Yulia Kaygorodova, lawyer of the Livanov family, explained to Life News. - However, until she undergoes a course of treatment with a narcologist and provides the relevant documents, Eva will live with Vasily Borisovich and Elena Artemyevna. Catherine is allowed to see her daughter.
If the mother of 10-year-old Eva does not provide documents indicating that she has gotten rid of the addiction, then the star couple will be able to petition for the complete deprivation of Catherine’s parental rights. However, according to the actor’s wife, the family is not interested in such a harsh measure.
“I believe that the court in this process made a decision in favor of all participants,” Elena Livanova commented on the court’s decision. “It is important for all of us that Catherine recovers.” Once she gets rid of her addiction, Eva will be able to live normally with her again. We are not going to prevent this. In the meantime, we can take care of our granddaughter’s health.
Legal disputes in the family of the famous actor have been dragging on for several years. Vasily Livanov and his wife decided to take their granddaughter away from their daughter-in-law after the star couple’s son Boris was sentenced to 9 years in prison for murder in a drunken brawl.
However, Catherine filed a counterclaim in which she demanded that the Moscow apartment of the convicted Boris be given to her. The court did not satisfy the demands of both sides. However, the servants of Themis still obliged Ekaterina Livanova to prove that she did not suffer from alcohol addiction during an examination at the Serbsky Scientific Center.
Ignoring the procedure prescribed by the court, Livanov’s daughter-in-law brought to the meeting a certificate from the Khimki drug treatment clinic, according to which she does not suffer from alcohol addiction. It was this document that put an end to the civil proceedings in 2011.
This time, Ekaterina Livanova failed to prove the absence of a harmful addiction to alcohol. Now Eva’s grandparents are making plans for the treatment of their granddaughter.
Even in infancy, doctors discovered the child had hearing problems. Vasily Livanov and his wife Elena did everything to help the girl: after the operation she began to hear better. Immediately after the complex surgical procedure, Eva’s mother began to prevent the girl from meeting her grandparents.
Eva studies in one of the capital's boarding schools and stays there overnight. Only twice a week did Catherine take her to her place: for the night from Wednesday to Thursday and on the weekend.
Seven years ago, the whole country was shocked by the tragedy that took place in the family of the people’s favorite Sherlock Holmes, Vasily Livanov.
His only son Boris, who took a lethal dose of alcohol on New Year's Eve, hacked to death his drinking companion with an ax.
Livanov Jr. was immediately detained and sentenced to 9 years in a maximum security colony. The son of the 79-year-old actor had long suffered from alcoholism and behaved aggressively, but the truth about what was happening in the family of Vasily Livanov surfaced only when his heir was in prison for murder.
The famous father repeatedly tried to appeal the verdict and petition for a mitigation of the sentence. As a result, instead of nine, Boris served five years and was released on parole. After his release, Vasily Borisovich tried with all his might to protect his son from his ex-wife. He believed that it was Catherine who became the cause of all the troubles in his family.
As a result, Boris now lives at the family dacha and writes a book under a contract with a publishing house, while his grandparents take care of his daughter. But her own mother, despite the deprivation of her rights, is trying with all her might to bring her back. And granddaughter Eva herself, according to her, is not delighted with the strict rules that reign in Livanov’s house. Thus, Ekaterina, in an exclusive interview with Life, told how 13-year-old Eva tried to escape from her grandparents. According to the woman, the 80-year-old actor and his wife called the schoolgirl a prostitute and even took her to an appointment with a gynecologist to find out for sure whether the girl had lost her virginity or not.
Since 2013, Eva has been living with her grandparents - it was then that the court limited Ekaterina’s parental rights. All this time, the actor’s daughter-in-law occasionally saw her daughter and always wanted to get her back. Recently, the relationship between the schoolgirl and her guardians deteriorated, and the girl decided to run away to her mother.
— Eva made friends with the guys and went to the disco. She had already decided in advance to leave Vasily Livanov and his wife. The daughter was preparing to escape,” recalls Ekaterina. “The day before, she gave me some of her things, textbooks, and decided that the next day after the disco she would go to me. She and I agreed to meet at the River Station.
Around 21:00 she texted me that she was arriving. I was waiting for her at the metro. Suddenly she wrote to me that she saw her grandmother on the subway and was afraid to get out of the car. Eva went around, but felt her jacket being grabbed from behind - it was her uncle: he was on duty at the first carriage, and her grandmother at the last. A minute later, my daughter wrote: “They’ve already taken me!” I started crying. A relative of the famous actor said that after an unsuccessful attempt to escape at home, Eva was terribly scolded. And they even insulted her with the assumption that she was hanging out with boys.
Eva is the daughter of Boris Livanov, who served time in prison for murder
— After that evening, Eva was brought home, she cried, she was scolded, Vasily Borisovich yelled that she was a prostitute like her mother. The next day, Eva started texting me so that I could pick her up,” says Ekaterina. — The daughter said that her grandparents took her to the gynecologist. He says that grandma and grandpa are fighting, they think that I’m sleeping with the boys. Eva was very offended: she was terribly offended, the doctors checked her, she turned out, naturally, to be a girl.
Only after visiting the doctor, the Livanovs allowed their ex-daughter-in-law to take the girl with a signature. Eva's father, Boris Vasilyevich, confirmed to the guardianship authorities that Eva's desire to live with her mother is completely sincere.
- He is, of course, in shock. I picked her up on Sunday, January 31, and on Monday during business hours we notified the guardianship authorities. Already on Wednesday after school we went there, and Eva wrote a statement that she wanted to live with me, says Katya. “Eva’s father is now at the dacha, he’s busy writing a book.” He has a contract with a publishing house. He was released from prison and is now quietly and calmly awaiting the end of his parole...
Ekaterina Livanova fights with the actor for the right to raise her daughter
Livanov: KATYA IS AN ALCOHOLIC, SHE INVENTED EVERYTHING!
Vasily Livanov denied the accusations of his daughter-in-law Ekaterina. According to the actor, there is no conflict between them and the schoolgirl, and the girl was taken to the gynecologist because of concerns for her health.
- Our granddaughter never ran away from us! “Ekaterina has limited parental rights because she is a chronic alcoholic and lies all the time,” Livanov fumes. - My granddaughter lived with us, and Ekaterina whined and called. Then the son went into custody and wrote a statement that he was letting Eva go to visit his mother. After the holidays, she should be put on preventative treatment; doctors are monitoring her all the time so that she does not have problems with her kidneys. After the holidays, my son Boris will take her, but if she doesn’t give her back, she will have to be forced.
Eva’s grandmother Elena confirmed that they really took the schoolgirl to the gynecologist, but not for the sake of checking her virginity, but because of health problems.
- She was prescribed medicine, asked to do an ultrasound of her internal organs, and so on. There is nothing criminal in this trip,” Elena explained. - Our daughter-in-law Ekaterina tried to regain her parental rights, but she was refused. She herself is so afraid of gynecologists that she has had serious illnesses twice. Because of this, granddaughter Eva has hearing problems. Mom obviously never went to the doctor herself...
Evka is an intelligent child, able to distinguish truth from lies. And she loves her father very much. The granddaughter’s joy knew no bounds when Borya took her to school after his release. Eva dreamed so much that her classmates would see how big and handsome her dad was.
- Recently, Ekaterina said in an interview: “Boris and I will definitely be together again.”
Boris: She may think that the moon is square and green. This is her personal matter and will not affect the moon in any way. We have been divorced for a long time, moreover, we have never been real husband and wife. Now I’m trying to find a definition for our alliance... Partners in a circus act, participants in a fun drunken festival... At first I liked it, but when Katya became pregnant and we decided to leave the child, we had to say goodbye to our past life and habits. Catherine did not want or could not.
Vasily Borisovich: The first thing Borya did when he ended up in the Khimki pre-trial detention center was to write a statement so that under no circumstances would Eva’s mother be allowed to see him. The same thing happens in the Mozhaisk pre-trial detention center. And in the colony he immediately refused to meet with her. This woman is nobody to my son or my granddaughter! She is nothing to all of us!
Boris: In a number of her actions, Ekaterina reduced herself to the level of a biological mother, which we basically did not want. My parents and I had certain and well-founded complaints about her. They were supported by both the guardianship authorities and the court, which suggested that she change her behavior. This did not happen, and today the situation looks as it appears. I believe that it was not worth mentioning Catherine in the context of a conversation about our family.
Vasily Borisovich: I absolutely agree, because this person does not leave TV screens and newspaper pages even without our participation.
Elena: But what she says there about our family, about Bor - doesn’t it matter? Some people who hear and read this nonsense believe it! Yes, we refuse to take part in all these shows, to answer questions from correspondents of “yellow” newspapers, because we feel sorry for the time and effort that we can spend on something useful. But now, when we have the opportunity to explain our position and say: everything that Katya accuses us of is lies and slander, we must use it.
Boris and Vasily Borisovich have a slightly different attitude to the situation, because they do not communicate with teachers or employees of the guardianship authorities, and do not take part in court hearings where Catherine’s applications for lifting restrictions on parental rights are being examined. And I know that the dirt that she dumps on our family, like dust on furniture, settles in people’s brains. I deal with this all the time.
Evka does not want to communicate with her mother and is embarrassed when she comes to school. Ekaterina behaves demonstratively aggressively, demands that Eva take a photo with her, forces her to try on clothes in a locker room crowded with children and parents: “Take off your pants and put on the jeans that I brought!” One day, seeing her mother, Eva hid. So the teacher found her and forced her to go out to Catherine, sit with her, and talk. The granddaughter managed to send a text message: “Come quickly, pick me up!” I, leaving everything, rushed over and saw a crying child. Having found out what was going on, she went to talk to the teacher: “Why was Eva forcibly taken to her mother? Why wasn’t I, the court-appointed guardian, asked for permission?” In response I heard that all our courts are corrupt...
Photo: Gevorg Markosyan
For a long time, one might say, since birth, I have replaced Eva’s mother. I was involved in her treatment, development, and education. But the trouble is that girls often repeat the stereotype of behavior of their biological mother, and for Eva this is deadly. The option to protect her from any information about Catherine, from communicating with her is impossible. Evka watches TV, surfs the Internet, Ekaterina comes to school. And we must confront the lies that the child hears and reads. I will do my best to ensure that she does not repeat the fate of her mother, whose life consists of hatred, drunkenness and fights.
Vasily Borisovich: I can’t understand why a person who drinks heavily and lies as long as he breathes is given television airtime? For what? For the sake of ratings? Ekaterina does not work anywhere, drinks and does not want to be treated. Her only source of income is royalties from television programs in which she expresses her painful fantasies: that she is a direct descendant of the Meshchersky princes, that she had an internship in the States, after which she received a diploma as a guide-interpreter.
