Colombian pop singer Shakira has opted to visit trial as a substitute of accepting a deal presented via Spanish prosecutors to settle allegations she defrauded Spain’s govt of 14.5 million euros ($15 million) in taxes, her public family members group mentioned Wednesday.
Shakira, 45, “trusts her innocence and chooses to depart the problem within the fingers of the legislation,” the PR company Llorente y Cuenca mentioned in a observation.
Spanish prosecutors charged the singer in 2018 with failing to pay 14.5 million euros in taxes on source of revenue earned between 2012 and 2014. She faces a conceivable tremendous and jail sentence, if discovered in charge of tax evasion.
There have been no speedy main points to be had at the deal prosecutors presented. No date for the trial has been set.
Shakira’s public family members company mentioned she has deposited the quantity she is alleged to owe with the Spanish Tax Company and has no pending tax money owed.
The case hinges on the place she lived right through 2012-14. Prosecutors allege it was once most commonly in Spain despite the fact that Shakira’s legit place of dwelling was once within the Bahamas.
Shakira, whose complete title is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, has two kids with Barcelona football celebrity Gerard Pique. The couple used to are living in combination in Barcelona however just lately ended their 11-year dating.