The Spanish extension player Arantxa Sánchez Vicariothree-time winner of Roland Garros, was sentenced to two years in prison for hiding assets to avoid paying a debt with a bank, reported the Spanish justice system.
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The sentence condemns Sánchez Vicario, 52, “to 2 years in prison and a fine” and “her ex-husband to 3 years and 3 months in prison and a fine,” reported the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia.
Three other defendants were sentenced “to 1 year and 3 months in prison and a fine,” after the trial that took place in Barcelona.
The extensionist Arantxa Sánchez Vicario will avoid jail because the judge suspended her sentence for two years in exchange for not committing a crime during this period, something that it is not clear that her ex-husband Josep Santacana can avoid.
Likewise, the judge sentenced the former tennis player and her ex-husband to pay, as civil liability, a joint compensation of 6.6 million euros to the Bank of Luxembourg, the entity with which both had contracted the debt that they tried not to pay.
The ruling states that “it is, therefore, fully proven that the accused (…) had and at all times had sufficient assets to cover the debt and that, through acts of sale and subtraction from the seizure actions , prevented the collection.”
Her ex-husband’s grief is greater because he was the one who managed his wife’s assets, according to the ruling.
In addition to three Roland Garros tournaments (1989, 1994, 1998), Sánchez Vicario won a US Open (1994), and was a finalist twice in the other two Grand Slam tournaments, the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
In addition, he won four Olympic medals, two silver and two bronze, in Barcelona-1992 and Atlanta-1996.
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2024-01-17 13:19:29
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