When we all believed that Shakira’s musical success could not be tarnished, the Spanish treasury reminds us that the Colombian could face up to 8 years in prison for tax evasion and so on. Nevertheless, the interpreter of “TQG” He seems to have a secret weapon to avoid going to jail.
We all witnessed the brutal performance that Shakira gave at the Latin Grammys held in Seville this last week. Accompanied by her children Sasha and Milan, the 46-year-old artist gave us a clear example of the enormous talent that runs through her Barranquilla blood.
But, although we would like everything to go well for Shaki, reality tells us that the author of “Pies Descalzos” is in a great dilemma with the Treasury, the Spanish treasury that requests a prison order for the native of Barranquilla for alleged fraud of taxes.
SHAKIRA: COULD THE COLOMBIAN REALLY GO TO PRISON?
The legal affair between the Iberian treasury and Piqué’s ex-girlfriend arises from an alleged tax evasion that Shakira would have committed between 2012 and 2014.. This Monday, the artist will have to meet with her legal team and go to the Barcelona Court to present her defense for apparently defrauding 14.5 million euros.
In that sense, the former partner of Antonio de la Rúa could face a sentence of 8 years and two months in prison, in addition to the large fine of 23.8 million euros, according to the Spanish prosecutor’s office. A gloomy outlook for the recent Latin Grammy winner.
However, Shakira’s trio of lawyers would already be reaching an agreement with the Spanish authorities. Said agreement includes the recognition of the Colombian’s guilt and the payment of an extremely high fine. In this way, this process would substantially reduce her sentence, giving her just 2 years in prison.
In any case, seeing that Shakira is not a repeat offender and lacks a legal record, this penalty would be replaced by another form of payment, just as happened with megastar Lionel Messi.
SHAKIRA: THE COLOMBIAN STRATEGY TO AVOID PRISON
Such a trick led by Shakira’s lawyers would prevent her client from entering prison and avoiding the 13 trial sessions planned for the legal trial. It is worth saying that from the Barranquilla area they assure that there was no crime of tax fraud, since between the years 2012 and 2014 she did not yet live in Spain.
Despite this, she believes that the extensive court sessions and intense media coverage, with around 200 journalists from around fifty mostly accredited international media outlets, could have repercussions on her image. For this reason, an agreement has been sought, which must be ratified in the first session next Monday.
In this framework, the pact could also have repercussions in another legal process in the Investigative Court number 2 of Esplugues de Llobregat. This is another complaint filed by the Prosecutor’s Office, accusing her again of evading more than 6 million euros in the 2018 personal income tax and wealth tax returns.
This alleged fraud would have been carried out through the use of a corporate structure based in tax havens. It is the same situation that has led her to the trial that begins next Monday.