Leonie Richter

Leonie Richter is a fictional character on the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love). The character is portrayed by Stefanie Bock, who debuted in the role on August 9, 2011.^[1]

Background

After the impossible love to his twin-sister Julia von Anstetten, a young and adventures Jan Brandner moves on with Kerstin Richter and decides to start a new life with her in Paris. But soon it's clear that Jan can't forget about Julia, which leads eventually to a breakup between Kerstin and Jan. Shortly after Jan has disappeared from her life, Kerstin learns that she's pregnant with his child. She gives birth to a daughter, Leonie, and is raising her all by her own. As she gets older, Leonie wants to know about her father and is told by Kerstin that Jan walked out on her after he found out that she was pregnant. Heartbroken about that, Leonie starts to hate her father without even knowing him. She decides to find Jan to confront him and starts a search in the web.

Storylines

Meeting Timo and Emilio; finding out the truth

Out of a pure case, Timo Mendes and his best friend Emilio Sanchez see the photo Leonie uses for her search and recognize that the man Leonie's looking for is the priest of their community in Palma de Mallorca.^[2] Leonie asks the boys for Jan's address and is determined to confront him. She travels to the Spanish island all on her own and is caught by Emilio when she searches Jan's place.^[3] Timo and Emilio want to know the connection between Leonie and Jan and try to confront her. As she runs off, Timo tracks her down and wants to know the truth. Leonie slowly starts opening up to Timo and tells him that Jan is her father, who walked out on her mother after he found out about the pregnancy. Timo can't believe that Jan would walk away from its own child and wants Leonie to talk to him. He lets her stay at his place for the night, only to see that she has already left the next morning; only leaving a thank-you note. Leonie starts to sight Jan, when he's consulting a pregnant teenager. This is opening all old wounds by Leonie and she screams at Jan for being a hypocrite. Jan's wondering about Leonie's behavior and follows her. He even apologizes to her if he said something that might have hurt her and asks if she is maybe pregnant herself. With all the anger inside of her, Leonie confronts Jan with being his daughter.^[4]

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