Isak Andic's inheritance while alive: the therapist points out that it served for Jonathan to detach himself from his father

BarcelonaThe therapy that Jonathan Andic and Isak Andic were undergoing to improve their father-son relationship is one of the elements at the center of the investigation to try to clarify how the founder of Mango died. In the middle of this therapy was a coach, J.L., who practiced a method inspired by Freud and his metaphorical theory of the death of the father. J.L.'s role is key to the point that the judge is investigating whether she was involved in the businessman's death and this Tuesday she spent two hours and forty minutes testifying, leaving the courts as a witness and not as an investigated person.From J.L.'s therapy, reported by this newspaper, came Jonathan's messages to Isak such as "I'm not surprised you thought I was capable of killing you". Furthermore, the judge also indicates that the coach would have facilitated the founder of Mango handing over a living inheritance to his son. The magistrate had to do so to avoid losing her relationship with her son. The entire process of handing over this living inheritance, according to the judge, was mediated by J.L. The magistrate also spoke of Jonathan Andic's "obsession with money".

For this reason, one of the questions the therapist had to answer in court this Tuesday was what the objective of this living inheritance was and how it was managed. According to judicial sources, J.L. explained that the living inheritance was a way for Jonathan Andic to detach himself from his father. J.L. would have explained that one of the therapy's objectives was for the son to have personal independence from his father – linked to Freud's concept of "killing the father" – and that this independence also involved the economic route. In this way, the therapist tried to rule out any spurious objectives. The ultimate goal of the therapy was also to improve the relationship between the two.

Professional secrecy

J.L. is a therapist who is not registered in Spain and, therefore, could not invoke her professional secrecy this Tuesday. Her explanations – responding to all parties in the case as all witnesses do – were enough for her not to leave the Martorell courts under investigation. In fact, her sister, who helps her with some therapies, also testified. She is a therapist known in high circles, but who opts for a low profile on social media.

This Tuesday was also the turn of the testimony of Estefania Knuth, widow of Isak Andic and stepmother of Jonathan Andic. Above all, she described the relationship between father and son, which she specified had its ups and downs. Once the testimony was finished, she handed over her mobile phone to the courts for a dump of its content to access the conversations she had, for example, with the eldest son of the Andics. The two hikers who met Jonathan shortly after his father's death also testified and also handed over their mobile phones for a dump. In their case, it may be important to reconstruct the route they took that day.

In the case of Estefanía Knuth, her testimony – she had already testified previously – is also important for delving into the relationship between father and son and into Isak Andic's intentions with his inheritance. In fact, the founder of Mango was considering setting up a foundation, of which his children would have been the trustees.