The son of late Mango founder Isak Andic quit as the fashion company’s vice president Tuesday, days after he was arrested in connection with his father’s deadly plunge from a cliff.
Jonathan Andic — who took over the global fashion empire in 2024 following his father’s death — maintained his innocence but said he was stepping away in an open letter sent to the company.
“I write these words with sincerity and humilty, from the pain, helplessness and frustration of finding myself faced with a narrative of alleged guilt that does not correspond to reality,” the eldest Andic, 45, said in the statement, as reported by Euronews.
“[I must] live with the gravest, most unjust and unfounded accusation that can be levelled at a person,” Andic added.
In a separate internal memo, Mango’s CEO, Toni Ruiz, as well as its Board of Directors, insisted that they still support Andic.
“The members of the Board of Directors unanimously endorse Mr. Ruiz’s remarks and join the Andic Family in expressing their support for Jonathan. They further express their full confidence that the legal proceedings will be resolved favourably and trust that this will happen as swiftly as possible,” read the memo.
Andic was arrested last week in connection with the December 2024 death of his father, 71, who was found at the bottom of a cliff on a popular walking trail near his home in Catalonia, northern Spain.
His son insisted that the self-made billionaire, with whom he was allegedly in a dispute, slipped and fell while his back was turned.
But investigators said that they found evidence that conflicted with the son’s account of events, and also believed that Jonathan had recently learned about a change in his father’s will.
Jonathan was released last week after posting bail of $1.16 million and is due back in court next month.
