Sonja Morgan Cheats On Boy Toy, Hooks Up With Former Bachelor Lorenzo Borghese?
September 23, 2013 by Lindsay Cronin
Sonja Morgan has been dating 23-year-old real estate developer and manager Benjamin Benalloul since May of this year, but still, they don’t appear to be all that serious. Since the beginning of the relationship, Sonja has been seen with a handful of other men, and now, one particular alleged hook-up is making headlines.
In a set of just-released photos, Sonja is seen getting pretty cozy with former Bachelor star Lorenzo Borghese — and her boyfriend Ben was no where in sight.
“Ben was in Dubai that night,” Sonja tells Radar Online. “I filmed an all-cast event at Le Cirque [on Sept. 12] and then I organized a dinner party over at Jamie’s restaurant and I invited Lorenzo. He came to join me for dinner.”
“He and I work on different animal charities together including his own, Animal Aid USA,” she continues. “I hosted Bidawee last year and he came with Tinsley Mortimer, his ex-girlfriend. Howard Stern was also sitting at the table with his wife.”
Then, this year, the pair reunited once again — in the name of another charity. “I modeled in a charity [event] in June,” Sonja explains. “I was modeling with Marly my daughter’s dog for Celebrity Catwalk’s Paws in the City.”
During this event, an insider claims that the pair’s friendship seemed to be turning to romance. “Prince Borghese was MCing,” the source states. “He was overtly flirting on the microphone as she came down the catwalk and was making flirtatious comments to Sonja.”
This, according to the source, really amped up their interest in one another and they continued to find themselves in the same place at the same time.
“After he broke up with Tinsely, he asked me to co-host his charity at a rooftop event,” Sonja says. And this was where things appear to have taken a serious turn. ”I saw them leave in the wee hours from the rooftop,” an eyewitness states. “They got into a limo together. It was like two in the morning.”
One month later, she was photographed snuggling up to Lorenzo at a late night dinner in New York City. ”Things seemed to be heating up on the couch at Jamie’s restaurant,” a source says, adding, “When the cat’s away, the mice will play. We’re seeing this pattern.”
When asked if there was something romantic between her and Lorenzo, Sonja said coyly, “Well, I’m a grown woman. When Ben is away, I have friends and I go out!”
Earlier this month, Sonja and Ben had the following exchange on Twitter which proves that they are, at the very least, close friends.
@SonjatMorgan thank you.
— Lorenzo Borghese (@LBorghese) September 22, 2013