The 46-year-old “Hips Don’t Lie” singer is expected to go on trial later this year
Shakira is facing a new multi-million pound tax fraud investigation in Spain, a court has heard. His 46-year-old singer “Hips Don’t Lie” he is expected to go to trial towards the end of the year in another case involving more than 14.5 million euros in back taxes covering the years 2012 and 2014.
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In that case, prosecutors are seeking up to eight years in prison for the star, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak.
Shakira, who has been romantically linked to the F1 driver, Lewis Hamiltonin recent weeks, has denied any wrongdoing and insisted she will “fight” the charges in court rather than pursue a last-minute deal with Spanish state prosecutors.
The new investigation, which concerns the tax year 2018, will be conducted in a court of Esplugues de Llobregat, the same one that had started the previous investigation on the singer. Officials confirmed the reports today, Thursday July 20, 2023, which will put Shakira at the center of media attention.
New Shakira multi-million pound tax fraud probe is launched in Spain – where the singer is already set to face trial over separate £12.5m allegations https://t.co/dNjwSKxEAQ
— Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) July 20, 2023
A spokesman for the High Court of Catalonia said: “The court of Esplugues de Llobregat opened proceedings following a complaint filed by prosecutors against the singer Shakira for two suspected tax crimes related to income tax and property tax for the tax year 2018.”
There has been no official comment yet from the mother-of-two, who was recently photographed watching Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon semi-final.
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Before departing Barcelona for Miami in early April, Shakira launched a scathing attack on Spanish tax authorities after it emerged she would stand trial for alleged offenses committed between 2012 and 2014.
It claimed it was being “persecuted” and accused Spain’s finance ministry of using “unacceptable methods to damage its reputation and force it into a settlement agreement”. He insisted he had no intention of making a last-minute deal and would go to trial.
A representative for the Colombian artist also clarified that she feels the country’s tax authorities are accusing her of lying about living outside of Spain “without evidence” for the years she was accused of tax fraud.
Spanish inspectors reportedly spent more than a year vetting Shakira, even visiting her favorite hairdressers in Barcelona and checking her social media, in order to prove she spent most of the three years in question in Spain.
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They concluded that she had spent 242 days in Spain in 2012, 212 days in 2013 and 243 days in the country in 2014 before being charged with six counts of tax fraud.
A statement released by Shakira’s publicists, based in Barcelona, ​​last November read: “Shakira is a taxpayer who has always demonstrated impeccable tax behavior and has never had any tax problems. He has never exceeded the 183 days of presence in Spain required to be a tax resident. Without hard evidence, the authorities are using unacceptable methods to damage her reputation and force her to enter into a settlement agreement.”
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