The positive thing for Arantxa Sanchez Vicario: The court suspended the sentence, as the judicial press office announced on Wednesday upon request. This is possible with this sentence if there are no previous convictions, which is the case with the 52-year-old Spaniard.
Her ex-husband Josep Santacana, who managed her assets, was sentenced to three years and three months in prison. This punishment cannot be suspended. His lawyer is considering filing an appeal, wrote the newspaper “La Vanguardia”. Sanchez Vicario and her ex-husband were also ordered to pay the bank more than 6.6 million euros. They had tried to avoid a repayment of 7.6 million euros.
Four-time Grand Slam winner
Sanchez Vicario testified in the trial that he knew nothing about the illegal manipulation of her family assets. The court found that she had “full knowledge” of what had happened to her assets, benefited from them and also knew about the debts to the bank. Sanchez Vicario won the French Open three times and the US Open once before retiring in 2002.
2024-01-17 14:49:00
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