Ursula Andress, the former Bond girl, believes she was specifically targeted and victimized by a scam that left her millions in debt. The Swiss actor and former model rose to fame as the original Bond girl named Honey Ryder in 1962. Her impressive wealth and fame in the 1960s led her to appear in several films such as Dr. No and the 1967 Bond parody, Casino Royale.
Now, at the age of 90, Andress is "devastated" after her former manager, Eric Freymond, tricked her into losing millions. Speaking to the German news outlet, Blick, she revealed that she was swindled out of roughly $21 million by Freymond. She claims that her age was a factor in the scam and that she was "wooed" and "exploited" by Freymond.
"For eight years, I was courted and wooed," she said. "They lied to me ruthlessly and exploited my goodwill and trust in a perfidious, even criminal, way to take everything from me."
The experience has left her with "debilitating anxiety" and the feeling of "helplessness is unbearable." As Andress filed a criminal complaint, including charges of embezzlement, she alleges that Freymond took her money and transferred it from the Lombard Odier bank to an account at the Vaud Notaries’ Association at Saanenbank.
Andress also claims that Freymond used her money to purchase millions of artworks by his wife without her knowledge. Her management team filed a statement calling it a scheme of "exceptional scale" that had defrauded multiple actors and is under investigation by the Vaud cantonal judicial authorities. Andress also revealed that the money was intended for her retirement.
Andress isn't the only one to have been reported to have been defrauded by Freymond. In 2024, it was suspected that Freymond also stole a $13 billion fortune from the Hermés heir Nicolas Puech. The Swiss court ultimately ruled that he could not be held responsible despite reportedly admitting to some of the charges in July 2025. Freymond died by suicide last year.
