Iñaki Urdangarin it is already a free man. Infanta Cristina’s ex-husband The sentence of five years and ten months has concluded imposed by the Court of Palma de Mallorca for his involvement in the Nóos Case.
“It was a date that Iñaki Urdangarin had in his head,” his lawyer, Mario Pascual Vives, said a few days ago. Regarding his client’s criminal record, since “no sentence exceeded three years”, three years will have to pass before he can request its elimination: “I think he will be able to request it in 2027.”
Now, the lawyer has told Week the problems that the former athlete is having finding a job: “He can’t find a job, but I’ve been talking to him and from an emotional point of view I I see him well, strong, overcoming past situations…“, it states.
“You need a job like many people to be able to carry out your day-to-day life, to have a role, something that fills your day-to-day life. Nowadays looking for a job or finding a job is not easy for anyone. The labor market is complicated, but he does not stop preparing. “In his past and in his current situation he does not stop studying,” he says, about how he prepares for the world of work.
A few days ago, Iñaki himself made it clear to the same magazine that wants to separate from the Royal Family. These were statements made by the former athlete to a journalist and a photographer who intercepted him on the street. “I am divorced and no longer have any convictions. I want to be a normal person, with a normal life and enjoy my children and my freedom“, he tells them.
“I don’t want to be photographed or asked. I no longer have to explain anything. I’m no longer part of that (the Royal Family). “I want to be an anonymous person and enjoy my life,” he adds.
His new life is now focused on his daily work life and his partner, Ainhoa Armentia.. After this relationship came to light, Urdangarin separated from Cristina de Borbón in January 2022 after almost 25 years of marriage and last January they announced their divorce.
At 56 years old, the former Duke of Palma lives in Vitoria with Armentia in an apartment near that of his mother, Claire Libaert.
