Shakira is set to fight accusations from Spanish prosecutors she committed tax fraud as she is confident in her innocence. The “Hips Don’t Line” singer, 45, is accused of defrauding the Spanish treasury out of a fortune over a three-year period from 2012 to 2014 and faces up to eight years’ jail if convicted.
News of the case broke on Friday night, but a representative for the mum-of-two has now spoken out about how Shakira intends to battle case. They said in a statement, Shakira is “confident” she will be proven innocent.
Insisting their client – who has an estimated net worth of £250 million – insisted she has “always abided by the law”. They added: “Shakira is confident that her innocence will be proven by the end of the judicial process.”
The charges were contained in an indictment submitted by prosecutors to the investigating court near Barcelona.
As well as an eight-year prison sentence, state prosecutors want the mum-of-two to be fined £19.2 million. Shakira – born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll – is accused of pretending to live abroad to avoid paying tax despite moving to Barcelona in 2011 to be with her ex, 35-year-old Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué, with whom she has two children.
Source: IOL
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