Ex-world No 1 tennis player Arantxa Sánchez Vicario found guilty of fraud but will avoid prison

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Arantxa Sánchez Vicario has been sentenced to a two-year jail term for concealing assets. The former Spanish tennis star agreed with the Prosecutor’s Office to reduce the sentence in exchange for acknowledging the facts and will not go to prison.Three months after the last session of the trial was held, the former world No.

1 in both singles and doubles and her ex-husband, Josep Santacana—on trial as well—were accused of extortion of assets for supposedly hiding their assets to avoid paying off a multi-million euro debt to the Bank of Luxembourg.

Today, finally, the sentence for which the accusations requested four years in prison has been announced.Rafael Nadal withdraws from Australian Open following an injuryCoco Gauff kicks off the 2024 tennis season with a major winTiger Woods announced the end of his 27-year partnership with NikeHowever, it was already known that the former number one would not go to prison since she reached an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office based on the recognition of the facts, thus benefiting from the reduction of the sentence from four to two years in prison by applying the mitigating circumstances of confession and reparation for the damage, given that she acknowledged guilt, has collaborated with justice, and has returned almost two million to the bank.However, for her ex-husband, the request for four years in prison remained in place since the previous deliberations already indicated that he is responsible as the author and necessary collaborator of the events, something that has been confirmed today after the sentence was notified to the lawyers of both parties, Borja Vives, on behalf of the former tennis player, and Joan Segarra, as part of the defense of Josep Santacana, in the.