Overview
- The Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Madrid rejected Toño Sanchís’s appeal on Friday, July 17, 2026, and confirmed the Audiencia Provincial’s conviction for continued embezzlement.
- Judges affirmed a two-year prison term, a seven-month fine at €10 per day (€2,100), and an obligation to indemnify Belén Esteban with the final amount to be set during execution proceedings.
- The ruling fixes the recognized loss at €475,571 after finding Sanchís took money due to Esteban and her company BEM Imaging S.L. by inflating his commission and underreporting receipts.
- The court traced the scheme to a 13 May 2009 exclusive representation contract that allowed a 20% commission and required 80% of revenues to go to Esteban’s company, and it relied on invoices, accounting records, expert reports and witness statements.
- Esteban had already won civil judgments after their 2015 split but recovered only part of the sums in enforcement, so the criminal ruling now shifts the dispute to execution proceedings that will determine concrete compensation and any further asset recovery.