The Colombian singer Shakira This Monday she avoided the court hearing Spain for tax fraud in exchange for a fine of millions, which allowed him to avoid a prison sentence, which, as he assured, he accepted in order not to harm his children.
“My children asked me, I made this decision for them,” said the artist during his appearance in a court in the Spanish city of Barcelona.
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The fine amounts to almost 7.8 million euros, after previously paying another 17.5 million, the 14.5 million stolen from the public treasury in Spain between 2012 and 2014, plus another 3 million euros in interest.
A large fine saves her from prison. Shakira has arrived Hearing in Barcelona amid great media expectation, accompanied by their lawyers and several police officers.
intimacies
Wearing sunglasses and a pink suit, she entered through the main entrance, while on the opposite sidewalk, behind the police fences, about a hundred people waited for her, most of them journalists and photographers, but also curious people and a few admirers whom they demanded “justice for Shakira.”
The singer was accused of defrauding the Treasury during these years by pretending to live outside Spain.
Shakira, 46, lived with the former Spanish footballer from FC Barcelona and now a businessman Gerard Pique, 36, for twelve years until they announced their separation in 2022 and she moved Miami (United States) with her two children following a custody agreement.
Lawyer
Pau Molins He is the Barranquilla woman’s lawyer and explained the case in statements to the program El món a RAC1.
“Shakira’s infatuation cost him 120 million euros. If he had fallen in love Sergio Ramos and without piqué it would have been much cheaper,” he said.
And he added: “So much so that they fill their mouths with the equality of the Spaniards… If you live in….” Catalonia You can go to prison for a crime where it is impossible for the same thing to happen Madridbecause there is no inheritance tax.”
Finally, he pointed out that the artist was innocent of the allegations made against him.
“With international artists it’s a complicated matter. Where do they work if they fly all day? “It’s complicated to determine where to pay your taxes” if you were on a tour of 74 countries.
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