A Spanish court has identified the son of a fashion retail mogul as a suspect in connection with his father’s deadly fall from a cliff, according to court documents reviewed by Reuters.
Jonathan Andic, age 45, was named by a Barcelona court on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into the death of fashion executive Isak Andic, who plunged more than 100 meters (328 feet) from a cliff located near the Catalan capital.
According to the court filing, Judge Raquel Nieto Galvan stated 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.”
Attempts to reach Jonathan Andic’s legal representative for comment were unsuccessful. A family spokesperson declined to provide comment, pointing to Tuesday’s statement that described the investigation as a chance to demonstrate his innocence.
The judge indicated that their troubled relationship stemmed from Jonathan’s “obsession with money to the extent that he asked his father (Isak Andic) for an inheritance while he was still alive,” according to Nieto Galvan’s written findings.
Text messages on WhatsApp revealed that Jonathan Andic had expressed “feelings of hatred, resentment and thoughts of death, and blaming his father for his situation.”
The court documents suggest Jonathan sought either to obtain his inheritance during his father’s lifetime “or for the figure of the father to cease to exist, either in his thoughts or in reality.”
WORKPLACE AND FAMILY TENSIONS
Court testimony revealed that some of the animosity originated from incidents in 2015 when Isak Andic initially granted his son expanded duties at Mango before abruptly removing those responsibilities. This sequence of events led to what the court described as “a crisis on a professional, personal and family level, particularly with his father” for Jonathan Andic.
While Jonathan Andic acknowledged to the judge that his father had taken back some authority he had been granted at Mango, he disputed that this situation had caused any professional or personal friction between them.
The court filing indicates that Jonathan learned in mid-2024 of Isak’s intention to modify his will to establish a charitable foundation for those in need, which resulted in “a marked change” in his behavior. He then attempted to repair relations with his father, who agreed to Jonathan’s suggestion for the December 14 hiking trip so they could have a private conversation.
Jonathan’s actions both before and after the deadly hiking excursion also drew scrutiny. Vehicle tracking data revealed he had traveled to the identical location on December 7, December 8 and December 10, despite his claims that he had only visited the area once, two weeks prior to his father’s death.
Jonathan provided inconsistent accounts of what transpired during two emergency service phone calls and in a subsequent police statement.
Police conducted four reconstructions and determined that the footprint evidence at the location and the manner of the body’s fall did not align with an accidental slip.
Investigators found that he had fallen feet-first in a sliding motion. Additionally, there were no injuries to his palms, which led authorities to eliminate the possibility that he had stumbled over a rock.
Jonathan Andic also replaced his mobile phone, resulting in the loss of all its stored information, claiming it had been taken during a three-day visit to Quito, Ecuador in March 2025. The timing of the phone’s disappearance aligned with news coverage indicating the case had been reopened, the judge noted.
