BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pop star Shakira is dealing with extra hassle from Spain’s tax workplace after a courtroom close to Barcelona stated Thursday that it had agreed to open an investigation right into a second case of alleged tax fraud by the Colombian singer.
Shakira is already set to face trial at a date to be decided for allegedly failing to pay 14.5 million euros ($13.9 million) in taxes on revenue earned between 2012 and 2014. The entertainer has denied any wrongdoing.
Now, a Spanish choose has agreed with state prosecutors to probe two doable circumstances of tax fraud by Shakira from 2018. The courtroom stated it had no data on how a lot cash was in query. Each circumstances are being dealt with by a courtroom within the city of Esplugues de Llobregat, close to Barcelona.
The primary case that’s set to go to trial hinges on the place Shakira lived throughout 2012-14. Prosecutors in Barcelona have alleged the Grammy winner spent greater than half of that interval in Spain and may have paid taxes within the nation, though her official residence was within the Bahamas.
Shakira, whose full title is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, has been linked to Spain since she began relationship the now-retired soccer participant Gerard Pique.
The couple, who’ve two kids, lived collectively in Barcelona till final 12 months, once they ended their 11-year relationship.
Spain has cracked down on soccer stars like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo over the previous decade for not paying their full due in taxes.
They had been discovered responsible of evasion however each prevented jail time because of a provision that permits a choose to waive sentences underneath two years in size for first-time offenders.
