Steve Wright’s family are reportedly embroiled in a toxic feud, a year on from the DJ’s death.

BBC Radio 2 star Steve died aged 69 from a ruptured ulcer in his stomach at his £2million home in London on February 12 2024.

However, a year on from his tragic death, bitterness has appeared to have replaced the feeling of grief within his family as they’ve apparently fallen out due to his elderly father, 94, marrying his much younger carer.

According to The Sun, his ‘seriously ill’ father Richard tying the knot with Marta Juanes Martin – who is 43 years his junior – has ‘torn the family apart’.

The publication reports that Steve’s brother Laurence was particularly upset with the union, so much so that he refused to attend the wedding, which took place in September last year at Worthing Library in West SusSєx.

A source said: ‘It’s all very strange and obviously raises a lot of questions. He looks like he could be her grandfather. Only nine people attended the wedding. Laurence was so upset he refused to go.’

Steve Wright’s family are reportedly embroiled in a toxic feud, a year on from the DJ’s death

His family have reportedly fallen out due to his elderly father, 94, marrying his much younger carer, with his brother Laurence [pictured] particularly upset with the union and didn’t attend the wedding

The insider went on to say that it was ‘bizarre’ that Marta had several pictures on her social media, but none of the ‘happy couple’ together, though they noted that Richard being the ‘generation he is’, may not be too keen on ‘being paraded on TikTok’.

It is said that the couple live in Richard’s £328,000 two-bedroom flat near the seaside town’s beach, with the area thought to be a ‘bolthole’ for the retired community and features a plethora of care homes. 

Marta herself added to The Sun that the situation was ‘difficult’, insisting that she was ‘of course’ in love with her husband, before adding of Laurence’s absence at the wedding that he ‘wasn’t here’ and was in Spain ‘at that time.’ 

A source close to the couple shared: ‘They insist that they are incredibly happy together and are absolutely in love. Of course the fallout that has been sparked by their marriage is very sad for everyone involved.

‘But as far as they are concerned, there’s nothing more to it — they are simply happy to be together. Any suggestion of any nefarious wrongdoing is cruel and utterly without warrant. It is mean and callous, and very hurtful to both Marta and Richard.’

MailOnline have contacted Steve’s representatives for comment. 

The publication notes that Marta’s LinkedIn profile shows that her previous jobs included a British Airways Executive Lounge hostess and event specialist. 

She studied law at Spain’s Universidad de Valladolid between 1992 and 1998 and had a nine year stint in entertainment and events for the BBC from 2007, before beginning her role as a ‘caregiver’ in September 2020. 

According to The Sun , his ‘seriously ill’ father Richard tying the knot with Marta Juanes Martin – who is 43 years his junior – has ‘torn the family apart’

Read MoreEXCLUSIVE Steve Wright’s heartbroken brother blames BBC DJ’s ‘unexpected’ death on poor diet and claims star hid health problems from family

Following Steve’s death in February last year, his heartbroken brother blamed the BBC star’s death on his poor diet and claimed that he concealed his health problems from his family, MailOnline exclusively revealed.

Laurence Wright, 66, also shut down claims that the Corporation’s decision to axe him from his long-running Radio 2 Afternoon Show contributed to his death, revealing the veteran star was ‘thankful’ for the rest.

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Laurence said: ‘He was aware that he could have looked after himself better, in his lifestyle choices. Obviously we all wish he had.

‘It’s like anyone who doesn’t look after themselves over an extended period. The normal stuff – diet, nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress – he was a very stoic kind of guy as well so if he had something wrong with him and he had to go to have some treatment or go to the doctors, he wouldn’t talk about it.

‘He was the kind of guy who would just carry on, take care of it, not talk about it, not make a big thing, that kind of stoic sort of atтιтude.

‘That’s just how he was – that probably didn’t help really, because he wouldn’t have help or take advice necessarily.’

He said Steve didn’t feel he should have been sacked from his popular show – but needed a break. 

Laurence, a director of a company in the health industry, says his older brother’s tendency for eating out at restaurants combined with his reluctance to talk about various ‘health issues’, keeping his family in the dark, were the main factors behind his shock death at the age of 69.

MailOnline revealed last year that Wright was found ᴅᴇᴀᴅ in his £2million London home after paramedics were called to an ‘incident’.

Emergency services rushed to the star’s home in Marylebone just after 10am but he was pronounced ᴅᴇᴀᴅ at the scene.

His ‘unexpected’ death is not being treated as suspicious with a report being prepared for the coroner.

Following Steve’s death in February last year, his heartbroken brother blamed the BBC star’s death on his poor diet and claimed that he concealed his health problems from his family 

He said Steve didn’t feel he should have been sacked from his popular show – but needed a break [pictured in his recording studio in 1994]

Laurence says he enjoyed a close relationship with his brother, who stayed with him at Christmas Day along with their father, and his sons.

He said Steve’s favourite place to eat out was the RAC club in London, which consists of many restaurants, and he chose to ignore home cooked food because he didn’t have the time to prepare meals, as he was so consumed by his job.

Laurence explained: ‘He probably had the balance of eating out and not so much home cooked [meals].

‘He could have done with a bit more balance where you’re cooking food yourself from home, but he didn’t do that because he was too busy. So hence he would always eat out.

‘He wasn’t a mᴀssive drinker, he just used to drink a glᴀss of wine when he ate out but not a mᴀssive drinker. He didn’t smoke, he used to smoke a few cigars a few years back but doesn’t smoke. 

‘He was just wrapped up in his job to such an extent – and he loved it – that was the important thing for him and other things that we all know is important – he didn’t consider that important, which is a shame really.

‘Food or exercise is just something you do to have to live. Whether that had any effect on what happened to him ultimately I don’t know.’