PALM BEACH — A 38-year-old man with ties to the Fanjul family of Florida Crystals fame is facing multiple criminal charges following an altercation at his Palm Beach home this week that left a woman with injuries to her head, face, neck, hands, wrists and back, police said.
Alexander Nicholas Fanjul is free on $180,000 bond after officers arrested him on Monday, Jan. 29, on charges that include domestic battery by strangulation, robbery, false imprisonment and cocaine possession.
Fanjul, who goes by “Nico,” is the eldest son of Alexander Fanjul Sr., a director and senior vice president of Florida Crystals. The West Palm Beach-based company is one of the largest producers of sugar in the southeast region of the U.S. Nico Fanjul is not an employee of Florida Crystals, the company said Wednesday.
An attorney who represented the younger Fanjul during a hearing Tuesday at the Palm Beach County Jail declined to comment beyond saying that Fanjul denies the allegations.
During the hearing, Circuit Judge Donald Hafele ordered that he refrain from using nonprescribed drugs and contacting his accuser, and that he surrender any firearms to the Palm Beach Police Department. He bonded out of custody that afternoon, jail records show.