A French chef died mysteriously after a hectic phone call to his wife and to put $ 200,000 for their dream life in New York City.
François-Tanguy Olivon, 34, was found dead after security images saw him fall from a bridge in Bayonne, France.
Olivon and his wife, Manon, were planning to move from France to New York City with their children, where they had laid a large sum of money to open their own restaurant chain, Chez Fanfan in Soho.
But while he was on vacation in the south of France, Olivon mysteriously disappeared after a hectic call to his wife at 1 o'clock on 22 February.
“He screamed at me for help, to come and get him right away,” said Manon, according to Sud Ouest, a French media outlet.
Manon posted on Facebook that, after he was visibly drunk and alone, Olivon said he was in danger and that he had been hit by various individuals. '
However, she never spoke with her husband again and he was noticed by a passerby in a 'fully torn' T-shirt on the night he disappeared.
CCTV saw him fall out of the bridge and his body was pulled out of the Adour River 12 days later.
François-Tanguy Olivon, 34, was found dead after security images saw him from a bridge in Bayonne, France fall
“We were a close family, full of love and dreams. François-Tanguy was an exceptional father and husband, a good-hearted man who always placed others for himself, “wrote Manon
'Today I am not writing to a landlord – I write to a man. A man who, I hope I can look beyond clausules and figures and understand that life sometimes brings us through unimaginable trials that we cannot face alone, “Manon wrote to their landlord in NYC
However, it is expected that Dream Life in NYC was brought to a tragic end after his death.
The couple had placed a down payment of $ 166.00 and $ 47,500 for two months rent for January and February, Manon told the New York Post.
“Everything was ready – the location, the preparations – but not, this dream will never come true,” she wrote on her GoFundMe page, made in the hope of supporting her children.
Manon was alone with her two young children and thought that their dream was 'just impossible'.
She informed the landlord, to whom they had sent the rental payments, of her husband's death in a letter on 1 March.
She asked the landlord, Robert Moskowitz, owner of Only Properties LLC based in New York, for at least part of the money they had returned.
'Today I am not writing to a landlord – I write to a man. A man who, I hope I can look beyond clausules and figures and understand that life sometimes brings us through unimaginable trials that we cannot face alone, “she wrote.
'If you cannot return the full amount, I will be for you to return at least a month. It would be a huge help for me and my children. '
“He screamed at me for help to come and get him right away,” Manon said
Olivon and his wife, Manon, were planning to move from France to New York City with their children, where they had made a large sum of money to open their own restaurant chain, Chez Fanfan, in Soho
Not only were her supplications refused, Manon was threatened to be held responsible for the entire 10-year lease agreement, a total of $ 3 million, unless they signed a 'surrender agreement'.
“Refusing to sign the surrender agreement will not result in a return of your deposit, but this will lead to you being fully responsible for all obligations set out in the lease agreement of the parties,” only properties lawyer Nicole Waknine wrote to Manon, the post reported.
The Moskowitz lawyer did not immediately respond to the request from DailyMail.com for comments.
Manon signed the surrender agreement, but their 'whole life's posts' were led in NYC in their dream life.
“I have nothing. I no longer have a house because we sold it a while ago to move to New York. I don't have a car anymore either. I no longer have a job because my husband and I have sold us … Restaurant in Brittany, “Manon wrote aan de Post.
“I leave no resources while I have trouble guaranteeing a future for my children,” she wrote.
“I have to start all over again – without my husband, without our dream, and with two young children dependent on me.”
Manon hopes that the fundraising will help her to raise her children after the loss of their father and most of their life saving money and the costs related to his death.
“We were a close family, full of love and dreams. François-Tanguy was an exceptional father and husband, a good-hearted man who always placed others for himself, “wrote Manon.
“Now, Rose (4 years old), Ethan (8 years old), and I have to find a way forward without him, but the reality is devastating.”
“Although this support only represents a fraction of what we had invested to start a new life, it will help me navigate these hardships with a little more peace of mind and rose and Ethan offer a much needed stability.”
