MADRID (AP) — Colombian pop singer Shakira has opted to go to trial as a substitute of accepting a deal supplied by Spanish prosecutors to settle allegations she defrauded Spain’s authorities of 14.5 million euros ($15 million) in taxes, her public relations group stated Wednesday.
Shakira, 45, “trusts her innocence and chooses to depart the problem within the palms of the legislation,” the PR agency Llorente y Cuenca stated in a press release.
Spanish prosecutors charged the singer in 2018 with failing to pay 14.5 million euros in taxes on earnings earned between 2012 and 2014. She faces a attainable fantastic and jail sentence, if discovered responsible of tax evasion.
There have been no instant particulars out there on the deal prosecutors supplied. No date for the trial has been set.
Shakira’s public relations agency stated 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 throughout 2012-14. Prosecutors allege it was principally in Spain despite the fact that Shakira’s official residence was within the Bahamas.
Shakira, whose full title is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, has two youngsters with Barcelona soccer star Gerard Pique. The couple used to reside collectively in Barcelona however not too long ago ended their 11-year relationship.
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