The former king of Spain, Juan Carlos, had demanded that because he is a blue-blood he should not be tried and should have immunity. And yes, this is something he achieved in his native Spain, but in Britain this did not happen.
His former mistress, Corina Larsen has filed a lawsuit against him in the British courts for harassment, threats and stalking, as well as for slander she suffered after her separation from Juan and his entourage.
His former mistress, Corina Larsen has filed a lawsuit in the British courts for harassment, threats and stalking, as well as for slander she suffered after her separation from Juan and his entourage.[/P]For months Juan's lawyers tried in vain to convince British judge Matthew Nicklin that Juan as the former King of Spain is blue-blooded and therefore (due to his dual status i.e. as "honorary" King and as a member of the Spanish Royal Family) still enjoys immunity.
The British judiciary said a resounding "No" and gave the green light for the former King of Spain to stand trial. And as a... commoner. In contrast, of course, to the Spanish judiciary, which recently filed three cases related to the estate of Juan Carlos.
The case
Businesswoman Corina Larsen has appealed to the judiciary. She accused Juan Carlos himself and the former director of the Spanish National Intelligence Agency (CNI) of harassing her after her separation, demanding that she return 65 million euros that Juan had transferred to her account "irrevocably" or be reunited with him.
(The 65 million allegedly came from a commission that Juan received from Saudi Arabia for the construction of a subway in Mecca by Spanish companies.)
She replied in the negative to both and then, she says, an operation of slander, surveillance of her daily life and a smear war against her was launched by a section of the media controlled by the former king.
As a result of all this, she says, she was hospitalized from stress and anxiety, her relationships with her children and relatives deteriorated, and she lost several multi-million dollar business contracts that were cancelled by clients.
Juan Carlos and scandals
What they have to talk about in Spain is Juan's famous extramarital "mischief". He had married in Athens, on May 14, 1962, the then Princess Sophia of Greece, first-born daughter of the then kings Paul and Frederica. Together they had 3 children and 8 grandchildren.
On 2 June 2014 Juan Carlos announced (through the Prime Minister) that he was abdicating the throne in favour of his son, Philip. In June 2019, the former king announced his retirement from public life.
In June 2020, a preliminary investigation was opened by the Supreme Court into the former king's involvement in the €6.7 billion contract between a consortium of Spanish companies and Saudi Arabia to build the railway line linking Mecca to Medina. The case was stirred up in 2018 when Juan Carlos' businesswoman and former mistress Corina Larsen accused him of having received a commission for the contract.
In the wake of the scandal, the former king left Spain in August 2020 and with a heavy heart went into self-exile.
Source: in.gr
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