A Barcelona court has named Jonathan Andic, 45, as a suspect in an investigation into the death of his father, retail tycoon Isak Andic, who fell to his death from a cliff near Barcelona. The judge said there was 'sufficient evidence to suggest that the death of (Isak Andic) may not have been accidental, and that (Jonathan Andic) played an active and premeditated role in his father's death'. The root of their bad relationship was Jonathan Andic's obsession with money, and he expressed feelings of hatred, resentment and thoughts of death.
The heir to the Mango retail fortune had an 'obsession' with money and may have played a 'premeditated' role in the death of his fashion mogul father, a court order claims.
A Barcelona court on Tuesday named Jonathan Andic, 45, as a suspect in an investigation into the death of retail tycoon Isak Andic, who died when he plunged more than 328 feet from a cliff near the Catalan capital. In the judge's writ seen by Reuters, Judge Raquel Nieto Galvan said there was 'sufficient evidence to suggest that the death of may not have been accidental, and that played an active and premeditated role in his father's death'.
Judges in Spain typically investigate cases to decide whether there are sufficient grounds to go to trial. The writ is part of Nieto Galvan's pre-trial investigation, and Jonathan Andic has not been charged. The root of their bad relationship was Jonathan Andic's 'obsession with money to the extent that he asked his father for an inheritance while he was still alive', Nieto Galvan wrote.
In WhatsApp messages, Jonathan Andic expressed 'feelings of hatred, resentment and thoughts of death, and blaming his father for his situation'. Jonathan Andic wanted to either find a way to receive the inheritance while his father was still alive, 'or for the figure of the father to cease to exist, either in his thoughts or in reality', the writ said.
Jonathan Andic, the son of the founder of the Mango fashion group, Isak Andic, leaves the courthouse after posting bail, where he was questioned after being detained in an investigation of the death of his father, who was killed in a fall from a cliff near Barcelona in December 2024, in Martorell, Spain, May 19, 2026 Isak Andic with Jonathan at Barcelona Fashion Week in 2012 Helicopters attempt to recover the businessman's body after the incident in December 2024 Witnesses told the judge that part of the resentment stemmed from events in 2015 when Isak Andic handed more responsibility at Mango to his son before suddenly withdrawing it.
This precipitated 'a crisis on a professional, personal and family level, particularly with his father,' according to the writ. Jonathan Andic confirmed to the judge that his father had retracted some of the power he had been given at Mango, but denied that this had created any bad blood between them at a professional or personal level.
Jonathan Andic discovered in mid-2024 that Isak planned to change his will to create a foundation to help people in need, which produced 'a marked change' in him, according to the writ. He sought to reconcile with his father, who accepted his son's proposal of the hiking excursion on December 14 so they could speak alone. Jonathan Andic's behaviour during the days before and after the fatal excursion also raised suspicions.
Tracking of his car shows he visited the site of the excursion on December 7, December 8 and December 10, even though he said he had only been there once two weeks before his father's death. Jonathan Andic gave conflicting versions of the events in two telephone calls to emergency services and in a later police statement.
Jonathan has always protested his innocence and insisted his father died by accident, but police in Spain reopened the case in October and are treating it as a possible homicide. He is pictured arriving at the courthouse on May 19 Isak, who died after falling from a cliff in 2024, pictured with Kate Moss and Terry Richardson Read More Mango owner's son is arrested 'on suspicion of homicide' after his father died falling from mountain In four simulations by police, they found that the footprint left at the scene and the way the body fell were inconsistent with a slip.
Police found he had fallen feet first, as though on a slide. Nor were there injuries to the palms of the hands, leading them to rule out that he might have tripped on a rock.
Jonathan Andic told police his father had stopped to take photos at the spot where he fell, but when police searched the body, they found his phone in his pocket, and that it had only been used for photographs at the beginning of the hike, the writ said. Jonathan Andic also changed his telephone, losing all its data, saying it had been stolen during a three-day trip to Quito, Ecuador, in March 2025.
The loss of the phone coincided with press reports that the case had been reopened, the judge said. Jonathan Andic's lawyer did not respond to a request for comment. An Andic family spokesperson declined to comment and referred to a statement on Tuesday that the investigation was an opportunity to prove his innocence.
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