Former King of Spain Juan Carlos has technically won — a judge threw out the case that his former mistress' brought against him. Juan Carlos' former mistress, Danish businessperson Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, alleges that she was harassed, threatened, and spied on after their relationship went public and after their relationship ended. They were seeing each other from 2004 to 2009, according to ABC. Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn said she was “deeply disappointed” by the outcome.
It's worth noting that the case was not thrown out based on the validity (or lack thereof) of the allegations. Instead, the English court ruled that the claim would not proceed because Juan Carlos does not live in England and the alleged harassment did not occur in England.
The judge, Justice Rowena Collins Rice, said, "It has not been brought against the defendant in his country of domicile, as is his default entitlement; and the claimant has not satisfied me she has a good arguable case that her claim falls within an exception to that default rule. That, in turn, is because she has not sufficiently established that the ‘harmful event’ of which she complains – harassment by the defendant – happened in England," according to The Guardian.
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Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn claimed that Juan Carlos caused her “great mental pain” and that at one point, a book about the death of Princess Diana was allegedly left at her home to serve as a warning to her. Juan Carlos has denied the allegations.
“The claimant has an account she wishes to give of her personal and financial history with the defendant, and about the harm he has caused her peace of mind and personal wellbeing, and her business, social and family life. I take no view about that account as such," said Collins Rice, as reported by The Guardian.
