Shakira is not having a good time! After her separation from Gerard Piqué, it has just been confirmed that the 45-year-old Colombian singer will be officially tried in Spain for alleged tax evasion, a case that dates back to 2018.
On July 27, Shakira’s Public Relations team reported that the interpreter of Congratulations She trusts her innocence and prefers to go to trial instead of accepting a deal offered by Spanish prosecutors to resolve the accusations that she is cheating the treasury:
Shakira trusts her innocence and chooses to leave the matter in the hands of justice.
According to the Spanish newspaper The country, citing judicial sources, the Prosecutor’s Office offered the singer a minimum prison sentence, as well as the substitution of that sentence for the payment of a fine to avoid trial for tax fraud. However, the Colombian artist rejected the proposal, considering it “disproportionate.”
The rejected pact contemplated prison sentences of less than two years in prison due to the application of mitigating circumstances such as reparation of the damage. According to the lawyers of the interpreter of Anthology, 17.2 million euros have already been paid to the Treasury as a fine and corresponding interest, to face its possible responsibility in case of conviction.
In 2018, the Colombian artist was accused of six crimes against the Public Treasury, in which she allegedly defrauded the treasury for 14.5 million euros in taxes, between 2012 and 2014, years in which she allegedly tried to make the agency believe that she did not reside in Spanish territory and therefore had not carried out any activity or received any income in Spain.
Since the facts were known, Shakira’s legal team has been in contact with the Spanish prosecutor’s office, trying to reach an agreement so that the sentence is not so severe and not damage the singer’s image.
However, despite the intense negotiations, the parties did not reach an agreement and the lawyers of Piqué’s ex-partner communicated their decision to reject the proposal and, therefore, go to court:
Shakira wants to leave the matter in the hands of the law, calmly and confidently that justice will prove her right.
In accordance with The country, the Barcelona Court confirmed that there is sufficient evidence to go to trial. The judicial documents that, according to the media, contain important prison sentences and fines for Shakira will be presented in court on July 29.
Once reviewed, a judge will be in charge of issuing an oral trial, so that, in the event that a last-minute agreement is reached, Shakira must attend the day of the trial (still with no scheduled date) to ratify the agreement. agreement.
Source: Okchicas
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