Founder's son of Mango accused of killing his father resigns as vice-president
Jonathan Andic, son of the founder of textile chain Mango, has temporarily resigned from his position as vice-president after being accused of murdering his father Isak Andic during a hiking trip in Montserrat in December 2024.
Founder's son of Mango accused of killing his father resigns as vice-president
Jonathan Andic, son of businessman Isak Andic, founder of Spanish fashion chain Mango, has decided to temporarily step down from his position as executive vice-president of the company. The decision comes after Catalan police detained him on 19 May on suspicion of having murdered his own father.
The death of the 71-year-old businessman occurred in December 2024 during a hiking trip in the Montserrat massif in north-eastern Spain. At that time, the official version pointed to an accident. However, in March 2025 the authorities began to question this hypothesis.
Andic, aged 45, managed to avoid provisional detention after paying a bail of one million euros. The Martorell court imposed protective measures that include a ban on leaving national territory and the obligation to present himself weekly before the court.
In his first public statement on the case, the businessman sent an open letter to Mango employees. In it he announced that he was leaving the position to focus all his efforts on proving his innocence. "I take this decision with sadness, but convinced that it is the best for the company and for me," he wrote.
Andic described the charges against him as "serious, unjust and unfounded". He assured that there exists a "public narrative based on a skewed, distorted and taken out of context vision" that has created "an impression of guilt that has nothing to do with reality".
According to information from Reuters news agency, the court considers that there is sufficient evidence to suspect that the death was not accidental and that the accused acted with premeditation. Among the evidence are messages exchanged through messaging applications that would reveal a conflictual relationship between father and son.
The court maintains that Andic would have developed an obsession with the family assets. The messages directed at his father would contain, according to the judicial version, "feelings of hatred, resentment and thoughts about death, as well as blaming the father for his situation".
The accused flatly rejected these assertions. "Together we lived many happy, precious and loving moments. As happens in many families, we also faced difficult times and full of challenges, which we overcame thanks to enormous effort, generosity and mutual support," he stated in his letter.
Jonathan Andic had assumed the position of vice-president of Mango approximately six weeks after the death of his father. Members of the board of directors have expressed their support for the executive in a statement, noting their "full conviction that the legal proceedings will be resolved favourably".
Source: Interia wydarzenia
Source: Interia