Iñaki Urdangarin
Spanish handball player
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- Jan 24, 2024
The record
Iñaki Urdangarin's own record runs through Spain's official gazette and its Supreme Court. Royal Decree 1502/1997, dated September 26, 1997, granted Infanta Cristina lifetime use of the title Duchess of Palma de Mallorca on the occasion of her marriage to him, and Royal Decree 470/2015, dated June 11, 2015, revoked her right to use it. The provincial court in Palma de Mallorca convicted him in the Nóos case in February 2017.
On June 8, 2018, the criminal chamber of the Supreme Court, in ruling 277/2018, set his sentence at five years and 10 months for embezzlement, prevarication, fraud, two tax crimes and influence peddling. It acquitted him of falsifying a public document, which took five months off the Palma sentence, and upheld the remaining convictions. His former partner Diego Torres received five years and eight months, Público reported.
The same ruling confirmed Cristina's civil liability as a lucrative participant at €136,950, owed jointly with Urdangarin and already paid, and annulled her liability linked to the tax crimes. In January 2022 the couple said that by mutual consent they had decided to end their marriage, and they later signed a divorce before a notary in Barcelona under which neither receives compensation or alimony, ¡Hola! reported.
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Court in Majorca gave him a jail term of six years and three months; verdict subject to appeal, BBC News reported. Infanta Cristina must pay €265,000; Urdangarin gets 6 years
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- 1997-09-26 Official Royal Decree 1502/1997 granted Infanta Cristina lifetime use of the title Duchess of Palma de Mallorca on the occasion of her marriage; it was published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado the next day. Boletín Oficial del Estado, Royal Decree 1502/1997
- 2015-06-11 Official Royal Decree 470/2015 revoked Infanta Cristina's right to use the title Duchess of Palma de Mallorca granted in 1997. Boletín Oficial del Estado, Royal Decree 470/2015
- 2017-02 Ruled The Audiencia de Palma convicted Urdangarin in the Nóos case; the sentence was later appealed to the Supreme Court, Público reported. Público report
- 2018-06-08 Ruled The Supreme Court's criminal chamber issued ruling 277/2018 on the appeals brought by the prosecution, Urdangarin, Diego Torres and others against the Palma judgment. Tribunal Supremo, Sala de lo Penal, Sentencia 277/2018 (copy published by OKDiario)
- 2018-06-12 Ruled The ruling, made public that day, set Urdangarin's sentence at five years and 10 months for embezzlement, prevarication, fraud, two tax crimes and influence peddling, acquitting him of falsifying a public document and cutting five months from the Palma term. Público report
- 2018-06-12 Ruled The court confirmed Cristina's civil liability as a lucrative participant at €136,950, already paid jointly with Urdangarin, and annulled her liability over the tax crimes, so €128,138 was to be refunded; Diego Torres received five years and eight months. Público report
- 2022-01-24 Reported Cristina de Borbón and Urdangarin issued a joint statement saying that by mutual consent they had decided to end their marriage and that their commitment to their children remained intact. Hello! report
- 2024-01-24 Reported The couple had signed a divorce by mutual agreement before a notary in Barcelona, around the turn of the year, with no compensation or alimony for either, ¡Hola! reported. ¡Hola! report