The thriller surrounding the death of fashion mogul Isak Andic, founder of Mango, appears to be taking on even greater dimensions following the court summons issued by the judge handling the case. The heir to the Mango retail empire was involved in a financial dispute with his father and gave contradictory information to police and rescue services regarding the day his father was killed while they were hiking together, according to details in the judge’s summons obtained by Reuters.
Mango: Jonathan Andic suspected in father’s death
A Barcelona court yesterday named Jonathan Andic, 45, as a suspect in the investigation into the death of fashion mogul Isak Andic, who lost his life when he fell from a height of over 100 meters from a cliff near the Catalan capital.
In this legal document, Judge Rachel Nieto Galvan notes that there is “sufficient evidence indicating that his (Isak Andic’s) death may not be due to an accident and that (Jonathan Andic) played an active and premeditated role in his father’s death.”
It should be noted that the Martorell court ordered the temporary detention of 45-year-old Jonathan Andic. Under scrutiny by authorities are the mobile phones of both the son and the deceased businessman, as according to reports from ertnews.gr, they reveal movements, data and locations to investigators.
Father and son conflicts over business control
It’s emphasized that Jonathan Andic, the son of the fashion empire mogul Mango, was accompanying his father on December 14 when he fell from a cliff in the Montserrat mountains, where they had gone on an excursion. Initially, authorities described it as an accident, however it was a fall that police from the first moment considered had many unclear aspects. Indeed, initially the death of the 71-year-old businessman -born in Constantinople to a family of Thessaloniki Jews- had been characterized as an accident. However, investigations continued and soon the 44-year-old was considered a suspect.
From the first moment, police had confiscated the son’s mobile phone as evidence and thanks to this it was revealed that a few days before the tragedy, Jonathan Andic had visited the same location. As he claimed, he did it to prepare for the excursion. According to investigations, father and son had conflicts in the past, especially when Isak Andic decided to hand over control of the company worth 4.5 billion euros to Jonathan in 2014. This hasty decision according to El Pais didn’t work out and after financial losses, Isak was forced to take control again. Family relations intensified after the businessman’s death.
