Jonathan Andic was arrested two weeks ago, but was released after posting million-dollar bail
What for months seemed to be an accident and then turned into a possible homicide takes on new contours. The defense of Jonathan Andic, , , during a hike in Montserrat claims that the health conditions of the Mango founder indicate that a natural death is entirely plausible.
According to the newspaper, which had access to the defense arguments of the main heir of one of the richest men in Catalonia, Isak Andic’s medical history is one of the great hopes for proving the innocence of Jonathan Andic, who had to pay a million dollar deposit to avoid being arrested after an interrogation.
The suspect’s lawyers guarantee that Isak Andic, who died at the age of 71, suffered from osteoarthritis in his knees, which could hamper his ability to react to a possible fall, which helps explain the absence of injuries to the palms of the Mango founder, who fell about 100 meters before dying.
The Spanish authorities consider that, if the fall had been accidental, Isak Andic’s palms would have had injuries linked to a possible rescue attempt.
From the defense’s perspective, the advanced state of the Mango founder’s osteoarthritis could cause a “reduction in reaction times to the fall”.
And Jonathan Andic’s representatives intend to combine this idea with an event that occurred 10 months after his tragic death. On February 20, 2024, Isak Andic suffered a bad fall in Barcelona, having tripped in the access room of a restaurant.
At that time the fall had no consequences, but the images from the video surveillance cameras from that day show a loss of balance for no apparent reason, and at no point does Isak Andic stretch his hands out as a protective reflex. He ended up being helped by an employee who supported his fall and prevented him from hitting his head.
Now, Jonathan Andic’s defense intends to link one case to the other, arguing that, just as happened before that lunch in Barcelona, in Montserrat Isak Andic did not have the reflex to use his hands to save himself.
According to the lawsuit, one of the seven signs that point to Jonathan Andic’s guilt is the fact that Isak Andic fell “with his feet forward, as if he had come off a slide.” This, combined with the absence of injuries to the palms of the hands, led authorities to “rule out a slip on a rock or a fall forward”.
The osteoarthritis in both knees and the accidental fall in Barcelona are, therefore, two great assets for Jonathan Andic’s defense, who hopes to be able to prove that he did not kill his father.
