Tuesday, a Spanish judge gave the all-ahead for Shakira, a Colombian pop singer, to go on trial for tax fraud.A trial date has not yet been scheduled, but if the singer is proven responsible for failing to pay taxes from 2012 to 2014.
The artist was charged in 2018 by Spanish authorities with failing to pay 13.9 million euros ($14.5 million) in taxes on income generated between 2012 and 2014. If she is found guilty of tax evasion, prosecutors want to sentence her to eight years in prison and to pay a large fine.
The 45-year-old Shakira has vehemently denied any wrongdoing and rejected a plea agreement with the government to avoid going to trial. According to her PR firm, she has already paid off all of her debts as well as an additional 3 million euros ($2.8 million) in interest.
Shakira will be charged with six charges of tax fraud, according to the court located in Esplugues de Llobregat, a town close to Barcelona. The trial’s start time has not yet been determined.
The argument depends on Shakira’s residences between 2012 and 2014. Although her official residency was in the Bahamas, Barcelona prosecutors claim that the Grammy winner spent more than half of that time in Spain and should have paid taxes there.Spainhas found soccer stars such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo o for not paying their full amounts of taxes owed. Both were found guilty of evasion but served no prison time because a judge can waive sentences under two years in length for first-time offenders.
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