The son of Mango founder Isak Andic, who is accused of pushing his father to his death, was reportedly advised by a family therapist to confront his father on "the edge of a cliff" days before the billionaire businessman fell to his death. The therapist's assistant and translator told investigators that family therapist Maria Julia Lüderwaldt instructed Jonathan Andic to create an "extreme situation" to help him overcome emotional dependence on his father.
According to the report, the therapist's assistant suggested the Camí de les Feixades trail in Montserrat for the confrontation. She stated she walked the trail with Jonathan Andic on December 7, 2024, just one week before his father, Isak Andic, 71, fell more than 300 feet from the same location.
The assistant, a British national living in Barcelona, recently provided a statement to investigators after claiming she had been troubled by the information for over a year. She reportedly shared text messages exchanged with Lüderwaldt after Isak Andic's death. In one message, Lüderwaldt responded to an inquiry about the incident by saying, "Maybe it’s better if I don’t know — otherwise I might be next." Lüderwaldt has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
This testimony reportedly challenges Jonathan Andic's prior claims that he learned about the trail from friends. Jonathan Andic was arrested on May 19, 2025, in connection with his father's death. Isak Andic, the founder and CEO of Mango, was among Spain's wealthiest individuals at the time of his death in December 2024.
Reports indicate that Jonathan Andic and his father had experienced conflict in the months leading up to the fall, with Jonathan reportedly expressing anger over a recent change to his father's will. In a message to his father in July 2024, Jonathan wrote, "It doesn’t surprise me that you thought I was capable of killing you," according to Spanish police.
Following his arrest, Jonathan Andic announced his resignation as vice president of Mango to focus on his legal defense. He has described the accusations against him as "serious, unjust and unfounded" in a public letter to staff.