Emeritus King Juan Carlos of Spain defends himself in court

USPA NEWS - Emeritus King of Spain, Juan Carlos de Borbon, filed before the Spanish Supreme Court an appeal against the admissibility of the paternity suit filed by the Belgian citizen Ingrid Sartiau, who asks to be recognized as daughter of the monarch.

The appeal, according to the Supreme Court reported, based on the contradictions and non-specific words that, according to the defense of the King Juan Carlos, present the demand filed by Ingrid Sartiau, whose petition was admissible on 14 January by a single vote. The court gave valid an affidavit signed by the mother of Sartiau in November 2012 where she said has maintained a relationship that three days in late 1965 in the Spanish Coast of Sun with Juan Carlos of Borbon, who was then Prince of Spain. A few months later, in August 1966, Sartiau born.

The applicant refers to an alleged cousin of Juan Carlos and who also claims to be the son of the monarch. The defense of the King questioned the veracity of the content of the notarial document and has provided evidence to refute it. Ingrid Sartiau another resource presented by the lack of response from the court to his request for a previous paternity test to the King emeritus. The Supreme Court shall decide in the coming days about resources.