Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, a Spaniard who has won four Grand Slam titles, has been accused of evading debt payments to the Bank of Luxembourg, along with her former partner. The Prosecutor’s Office requested a sentence of four years in prison.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicarioa former Spanish tennis player who was world number one in 1995 and won four Grand Slam titles, is facing legal proceedings against him for alleged fraud: She is accused of devising a plan with Josep Santacana, her ex-husband, to avoid paying the debt to the Bank of Luxembourg.
On Tuesday, in the first session of the trial held in Barcelona, where the Prosecutor’s Office requested four years in prison for Sánchez Vicario and his former partner for the alleged decapitalization of his property and debt evasion at the Bank of Luxembourg, an institution in 2010 trying to collect from him, with the “spirit of illicit enrichment.” In its indictment, the Prosecutor’s Office accuses both the crime of confiscation of assets or penal insolvency, and the payment of a fine of 12 euros per day for 24 months, amounting to a total of 8,640 euros.
According to the version of the public ministry, Sánchez Vicario, “under the instructions” of his ex-husband and the collaboration of five other defendants, made a plan consisting of decapitalize many of its assets, with the aim of failing to collect the value of the banking entity.
The defense of Sánchez Vicario
In his statement, the former tennis player said he was willing to pay the overdraft, but Santacana told him: “Better than paying the bank, that we have it and that he took care of everything, that I didn’t worry.” In this regard, he said that his level of education is high school to defend that he lacks knowledge in asset management and since 2009 His ex-husband took care of everything.
The defendant said the bank has made several attempts to collect the debt, which currently stands at 6.6 million with interest.and he is ready to deal with it, remembering that he allocates 50% of the income he receives to his payment and has already paid almost 1.9 million. Furthermore, she explained that Santacana made her sign blank documents, to which she agreed because she trusted him.
As a result of eventsSánchez Vicario added that he is suing his former partner in the United States to find out where his money is.after Santacana allegedly sold all the assets he had built in his professional career and the proceeds were transferred to that country.
How the trial of Sánchez Vicario is proceeding
At the trial, one of the managers of the Bank of Luxembourg also testified, saying that Sánchez Vicario Was about to sign an acknowledgment of debt, but Santacana didn’t want to, and the accused started covering the cost since he divorced his ex-husband in 2018.
Another person in charge of the banking entity added that he thought Sánchez Vicario wanted to pay the debt, but on the other hand, he was against it. Santacana and the other pending accused will testify next Friday.
Source: Tycsports
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