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Police in Spain have arrested Jonathan Andic, son of the deceased billionaire Isak Andic, over claims related to his father’s death while hiking near Barcelona in December 2024. The case, which is under a nondisclosure order, is being investigated as a possible homicide following inconsistencies in Jonathan Andic’s statements.
Police have charged Jonathan Andic, the son of Isak Andic, with possible homicide as the investigation into his father’s death unfolds, following the reopening of the case in March 2025. The investigation is being conducted in Martorell, with the proceedings subject to a nondisclosure order issued by the courts.
Spanish police have arrested Jonathan Andic, the son of the late Mango founder Isak Andic, as part of an investigation into his father’s death, initially ruled an accident but reclassified as a possible homicide. The Andic family has expressed confidence in Jonathan’s innocence and stated they will continue to cooperate with the authorities as the judicial review unfolds under a nondisclosure order.
What remains unclear — It is uncertain what specific inconsistencies in Jonathan Andic’s statements led to the reopening of the investigation.
Son of Mango founder Isak Andic arrested following his father’s death during hike
Mango founder Isak Andic died in 2024 while on a hike (Picture: Reuters)
Police in Spain have arrested the son of Isak Andic, the billionaire founder of the Spanish fashion brand Mango, over claims he may have played a role in his death.
Mr Andic, 71, was hiking with his son, Jonathan Andic,in the mountains near Barcelona when he fell about 500 feet into a ravine and died in December 2024.
The younger Andic, 45, was the only witness. Police opened an investigation but closed it a few weeks later.
However, it was reopened in March 2025, and in October, police confirmed the death was being investigated as a possible homicide.
Inconsistencies in Andic’s statements prompted a judicial review, according to La Vanguardia newspaper.
The family said in October that it was confident that Andic was innocent and that it would ‘continue to cooperate’ with the authorities.
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Andic was taken to court facilities in Martorell, a city in eastern Spain, where the case is being investigated, said a spokesperson for the Catalan regional police, Mossos d’Esquadra.
The case is subject to a nondisclosure order, he added.
Jonathan Andic is the eldest of Mr Andic’s three children and one of his father’s heirs.
He is the vice chairman of the board at Mango, one of Spain’s biggest retailers.
The late Mr Andic, who was born in Istanbul in 1953, emigrated to Catalonia with his relatives in the late 1960s.
The fashion giant began selling clothes in 1984 (Picture: AFP)
The businessman started selling T-shirts to fellow high school students before progressing to running a wholesale business and selling clothes in street markets and eventually opening his first Mango store in 1984.
It became one of Europe’s foremost fashion empires, spread across 120 countries with some 2,800 stores and over 16,000 staff.
At the time of his death, Mr Andic was the non-executive chairman of the fashion brand and was worth £3.35bn, according to Forbes.
In a statement following his death, Mango CEO Tony Ruiz said the late businessman had ‘dedicated his life to Mango’.
He added: ‘His legacy reflects the achievements of a business project marked by success, and also by his human quality, his proximity and the care and affection that he always had and at all times conveyed to the entire organisation.’
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