00:00Named as a suspect in his billionaire father's death, Jonathan Andik was arrested Tuesday
00:06and taken to a Spanish court to testify. He posted a bail of 1 million euros and was banned
00:12from leaving the country. Jonathan's father, Isaac Andik, founder of fashion group Mango,
00:18died in December 2024. The pair were hiking in Montserrat, near Barcelona, when the 71-year-old
00:25fell more than 100 meters down a cliff. The tycoon's death was initially treated as an accident,
00:31though investigators later reopened the case after citing inconsistencies in Jonathan Andik's
00:37testimony, according to reports. The 45-year-old has denied any responsibility for his father's
00:43death and a spokesperson for the family said they were confident of Andik's innocence, adding
00:48the cooperation has been and will remain total. Isaac Andik, who was born in Istanbul,
00:55moved to Catalonia in the northeast of Spain in the 1960s and founded Mango in 1984. It
01:02soon became one of the world's leading fashion groups and now boasts about 2,850 stores worldwide.
01:09According to newspaper El Pais, the investigation revealed an at-time strained relationship between
01:15Andik and his eldest son, reporting that Isaac decided to hand Jonathan more operational responsibility
01:22of Mango in 2014 but resumed tighter control a year later amid business difficulties. At the time
01:29of his death, Isaac Andik was non-executive chairman of Mango, with a net worth of 4.5 billion dollars,
01:36according to Forbes.
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