Shakira Rejects Plea Deal, Faces Tax Trial
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- 02 Aug 2022
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Pop singer Shakira has opted to go to trial instead of accepting a deal offered by prosecutors to settle allegations she defrauded the government of 14.5 million euros ($15 million) in taxes, her public relations team said Wednesday (July 27).
Shakira, 45, “trusts her innocence and chooses to leave the issue in the hands of the law,” the PR firm Llorente y Cuenca said in a statement.
Spanish prosecutors charged the singer in 2018 with failing to pay 14.5 million euros in taxes on income earned between 2012 and 2014. She faces a possible fine and prison sentence, if found guilty of tax evasion.
There were no immediate details available on the deal prosecutors offered. No date for the trial has been set.
Shakira’s public relations firm said she has deposited the amount she is said to owe with the Tax Agency and has no pending tax debts.
The case hinges on where she lived 2012-14. Prosecutors allege it was mostly in Spain even though Shakira’s official residence. Read More...
