When Jonathan Andic, son of the late founder of one of Europe’s biggest clothing empires, posted €1m (£865,000) in bail shortly after being arrested in connection with his father’s death, it was the latest twist in a saga that has gripped and mystified Spain.
Isak Andic, who created the Mango clothes brand, died at the age of 71 on 14 December 2024 after falling around 500ft (150m) from a cliff in the mountainous Montserrat natural park north of Barcelona. The two men were hiking there together.
Initially, police had treated it as a tragic accident that had befallen one of Spain’s wealthiest individuals.
But this week his son was arrested when a judge in Martorell near Barcelona decided there was “enough evidence to consider the death of [Isak Andic] non-accidental, with the active and premeditated participation of [Jonathan Andic] in the death of his father”.
The 45-year-old defends his innocence.
Jonathan Andic, the Mango founder’s eldest child, had called emergency services, who recovered the body. He told police that he had been walking ahead of his father when he heard the sound of rocks sliding and turned to see that Isak Andic had fallen.
But within weeks, investigators had questioned him a second time, on this occasion for three hours. Several months later, in October 2025, he was formally put under investigation after the case had been reopened.
Soon after, the executors of Isak Andic’s will published a statement insisting on Jonathan’s innocence, saying “we have been witnesses of how the pain of private grief has been aggravated by a public debate that causes greater suffering”.
