Today is one of the happiest days in the life of Arantxa Sánchez Vicario: in the conclusions of the prosecution and the lawyer representing the Bank of Luxembourg (BDL) in the case that has put her on the bench alongside her ex, both They have agreed to reduce the initial request for a sentence from four years in prison to only two. Thus, and since there is no prior record, according to our legal system, the judge can suspend the defendant’s imprisonment. And they have also agreed not to oppose this foreseeable suspension. Arantxa will go to bed tonight with the peace of mind of knowing that she will not go to prison.
The same has not happened with his ex: the prosecutor and the BDL lawyer classify him as the author or, alternatively, necessary cooperator of the crime of asset seizure for which he has been prosecuted and have not modified their initial qualifications. That is, Santacana is in the hands of the judge’s decision, who will determine whether the crime that both accusations accuse him of exists and, if so, what penalty he must impose. On the other hand, in the economic issue, Arantxa and Santacana have a common destiny. The prosecutor’s office and the BDL ask for the same civil liability for both: to jointly satisfy the amount of 6.6 million plus late payment interest dated from September 23, 2023.
