Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

The court convicted Sánchez Vicario of participating in transactions involving the sale and concealment of assets intended to prevent Banco de Luxemburgo from recovering its debt. She admitted her involvement while attributing the practical management to her former husband Josep Santacana.

State of the evidence

Acknowledgement of involvement and conviction documented

Legal status — source text

Barcelona Criminal Court No. 25: two years' imprisonment, sentence suspended subject to conditions, and joint civil liability of €6.62 million

Attribution

Directly implicated

To settle her tax debts, Sánchez Vicario used financing guaranteed by Banco de Luxemburgo. Failure to repay resulted in a multimillion-euro debt and recovery proceedings.

State of the evidence

Loan, guarantee and debt documented

Legal status — source text

Civil litigation preceding the criminal case concerning fraudulent concealment of assets (alzamiento de bienes)

Attribution

Directly implicated

In her autobiography and before the courts, Sánchez Vicario accused her parents and brother Javier of controlling her fortune and mismanaging tens of millions of euros earned during her career. She sought approximately 14 million euros from them.

State of the evidence

Complaint, public allegations and private settlement documented

Legal status — source text

Civil dispute settled privately in 2015

As Fed Cup captain, Sánchez Vicario had to apologise to Anabel Medina following statements concerning her non-selection. She clarified that Medina and Carla Suárez had been omitted for purely technical reasons.

State of the evidence

Statements and official apology documented

Sánchez Vicario irrevocably resigned as Fed Cup captain in support of a substantial group of players who had broken off relations with RFET president José Luis Escañuela.

State of the evidence

Resignation and federation crisis documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

Sánchez Vicario had declared herself a tax resident of Andorra, whereas the tax authorities and courts found that she had in fact been resident in Spain during the relevant period. Following several appeals, the Supreme Court upheld a multimillion-euro tax liability.

State of the evidence

Tax dispute and Supreme Court decision documented

Legal status — source text

Supreme Court: obligation to pay approximately €3.5 million to the Tax Agency

Attribution

Directly implicated