Shakira, 45, accuses Spanish prosecutors of running a smear campaign against her and says she has the receipts to prove it, according to TMZ. Spanish authorities accuse the singer of fraud of 14.5 million euros (about R$ 73.6 million) in taxes and ask for her arrest.
The singer filed legal documents on Friday in Spain, responding to allegations that she failed to pay income taxes from 2012 to 2014. She said she did not live in Spain during that period – the country’s laws a person You are required to pay taxes if you spend 183 days or more there in a single year.
Shakira claimed that, during the period in question, she paid more than $10 million (about R$53.5 million) in taxes to the United States government. At the time, she said that she led a “nomadic life” and one of the proofs is her participation in The Voice of the USA.
Prosecutors are asking for the singer to be sentenced to 8 years in prison and a fine of 24 million euros (about R$ 128.5 million) in fine. But the artist’s defense says they violated her right to privacy and presumption of innocence by publicly criticizing her in a smear campaign.
Legal documents show the singer declared herself a tax resident of Spain in 2015 after settling in the country with her family and enrolling her son in school. According to her, the government is also trying to collect taxes from her in 2011, when she was on a global tour and spent only 60 days in the country.
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