She is accused of failing to pay taxes between 2012 and 2014, during which time Shakira claims she did not live in Spain.
A Spanish prosecutor has asked for an 8-year prison sentence for Colombian star Shakira for a € 14.5 million tax fraud case, a prosecutor’s document showed Friday.
The singer, who has sold more than 80 million records worldwide with hits like “Hips Don’t Lie”, turned down a plea deal to settle the case earlier this week.
She is accused of failing to pay taxes between 2012 and 2014, during which time Shakira claims she did not live in Spain.
The act of the prosecutor, seen from Reutersstates that Shakira normally resided in Spain between 2012 and 2014 and in May 2012 bought a house in Barcelona, which became a home for her, her partner and son born in Spain in 2013.
The document provides for an 8-year prison sentence and a fine of over 23 million euros (23.5 million dollars) if she is found guilty. There is no date for a trial yet.
Asked for comment, Shakira’s representatives referred to an earlier statement sent Wednesday stating that she “is fully confident in her innocence” and that she considers the case “a total violation of her rights”.
The terms of the previous transaction offer were not disclosed.
The 45-year-old singer, known as the queen of Latin pop, said she initially paid the 17.2 million euros that the Spanish tax authorities had declared they owed and claims she has no outstanding debts with the taxman.
The latest development on the tax case comes a month after Shakira and her husband, Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué, announced their separation. Shakira and Piqué have been together since 2011 and have two children.
Source: Terra
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