The Colombian singer Shakira This Monday, November 20, he agreed to pay a million dollar fine of €7.3 million ($7.9 million) in exchange for reducing it sentence that will prevent him from going to prison.
This after he admitted before the Spanish courts that he defrauded 14.5 million euros ($15.8 million) to that country’s treasury between 2012 and 2014.
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The artist, who She was the partner of former Spanish footballer and businessman Gerard Pique.with whom he has two children, ratified before the Court of Barcelona the agreement reached at the last minute by his defense with the private charges and the Prosecutor’s Office, which He asked her for eight years and two months in prison.
The deal avoided a lengthy trial that was due to begin this Monday to resolve whether Shakira avoided paying taxes between 2012 and 2014 by pretending to reside outside Spain.
Based on the agreement, court sentenced Shakira to three years in prison and the payment of the fine, an amount much lower than the predetermined amount which was 23.7 million euros ($25.8 million).
Except, Shakira can avoid prison against a payment of 432 thousand euros in total ($472 thousand)400 euros ($437) for each day he had to spend behind bars.
Ahead of today’s hearing, the singer returned the 14.5 million euros defrauded to the Spanish treasury, plus another 3 million ($3.2 million) in interest, which allowed the mitigating circumstance of restitution to be applied to her case.
The trial, which would involve more than 100 witnesses and last weeks, ended just eight minutes.
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The artist, wearing a pink jacket and trousers and covering her eyes with sunglasses, was greeted outside the court by around a hundred people, mostly journalists and photographers, but also onlookers and a few fans, who were surrounded by a heavy police force .
Shakira entered through the main door accompanied by her lawyers and several police officers.
The Colombian artist, 46, and the former Barcelona footballer, 36, announced their separation in 2022 after twelve years, after which Shakira moved to Miami with their children following a custody agreement.
Source: univision
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