Shakira opts to go to trial in Spain over alleged €14.5m tax fraud

Euronews says Superstar singer Shakira has opted to be tried by Spanish prosecutors over allegations she defrauded Spain’s government of nearly €15 million in taxes, her public relations team said Wednesday.

According to her lawyers, the 45-year-old Colombian rejected a plea deal offered by the Spanish authorities and wants to prove her innocence in court. 

Shakira “trusts her innocence and chooses to leave the issue in the hands of the law,” the PR firm Llorente y Cuenca said in a statement.

In 2018, Spanish prosecutors charged the pop sensation behind the famous hit Hips Don’t Lie with failing to pay €14.5 million in taxes on income she earned between 2012 and 2014. 

She could be fined or sent to prison if found guilty of tax evasion.

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