Overview

• In a new auto, the Audiencia Provincial de Madrid cites indicios that Biondo’s 2013 death was not suicidal, adopting arguments from a 2022 Palermo ruling that pointed to probable homicide and staging.
• Despite acknowledging those indicios, the court dismissed the family’s appeal on res judicata grounds, so the case remains closed in Spain.
• The ruling criticizes the original inquiry for not conducting timely measures such as environmental and phone intercepts or records seizures, noting many cannot be performed now due to the passage of time.
• The family’s legal team, Vosseler Abogados, says it will file an appeal to Spain’s Constitutional Court and, if needed, apply to the European Court of Human Rights to seek renewed investigative steps.
• The lawyers also plan a state liability claim over alleged investigative malpractice and have called a press conference for October 9 in Barcelona to outline next actions.