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The international pop star Shakira reached a deal with Spanish prosecutors to settle a multimillion-euro tax evasion case on Monday, just before the trial was set to begin in Barcelona. Prosecutors had accused Shakira of six counts of tax fraud, charging that she had failed to pay 14.5 million euros, about $15.8 million, in income taxes. reported that, under the deal, she would receive a three-year suspended sentence and a fine of €7 million. Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, was accused of failing to pay income taxes to the Spanish government from 2012 to 2014. Shakira had repeatedly denied the accusations and said that she was not living in Spain during those years.
Persons: Shakira, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll Organizations: Prosecutors, Associated Press Locations: Barcelona, Spain
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Global pop star Shakira has been summoned Monday to a Barcelona courthouse to attend the first day of her trial for allegedly defrauding Spanish tax officials of millions of euros. Shakira, 46, faces six counts of failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros (about $15.8 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014. In a separate investigation, Spanish state prosecutors charged Shakira in September for her alleged evasion of 6.7 million euros in tax on her 2018 income. They accused her of using an offshore company based in a tax haven to avoid paying the tax. Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, has two children, Milan and Sasha, with Barcelona soccer star Gerard Pique.
Persons: Shakira, Prosecutors, Llorente, , José Manuel del Amo, Madonna, Bono, Marco Juberías, , Juberías, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, Sasha, Gerard Pique, triumphing Organizations: Prosecutors, Shakira, NBC, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Locations: BARCELONA, Spain, Barcelona, Colombian, Bahamas, Cuenca, Molins, United States, Milan, Miami, Seville
Shakira stands trial in Spain for alleged tax fraud
  + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Shakira poses on the red carpet during the 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards show in Seville, Spain, November 16, 2023. The 'Hips Don't Lie' Colombian megastar, who also has a second tax fraud investigation pending with Spanish authorities, has vowed to fight what she called false accusations. She rejected a settlement offer from the prosecutor's office to close the case and is expected to testify on Monday in the first of 12 hearings scheduled until Dec. 14. The prosecutor's office is seeking an up to eight-year prison term and to claim back the taxes it says she owes. Shakira, 46, lived with former Barcelona and Spain soccer star Gerard Pique for 11 years and the couple have two children.
Persons: Shakira, Marcelo del Pozo, Gerard Pique, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, Judge Jose Manuel del Amo Sanchez, Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, Argentina's Lionel Messi, Diego Costa, Bayer, Xabi Alonso, Alonso, Emma Pinedo, Aislinn Laing, Alexander Smith Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Spanish, Bayer Leverkusen, Thomson Locations: Seville, Spain, Rights BARCELONA, Barcelona, Miami, Spanish
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish prosecutors have charged pop star Shakira with failing to pay 6.7 million euros ($7.1 million) in tax on her 2018 income, authorities said Tuesday, in Spain’s latest fiscal allegations against the Colombian singer. Shakira is alleged to have used an offshore company based in a tax haven to avoid paying the tax, Barcelona prosecutors said in a statement. In that case, prosecutors allege she failed to pay 14.5 million euros ($15.4 million) in tax. Political Cartoons View All 1179 ImagesSpanish tax officials opened the latest case against Shakira last July. Spain tax authorities have over the past decade or so cracked down on soccer stars like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for not paying their full due in taxes.
Persons: Shakira, Llorente y, , ” Shakira, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, Gerard Pique, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo Organizations: Prosecutors Locations: BARCELONA, Spain, Colombian, Barcelona, Miami, Bahamas, Llorente y Cuenca
MADRID, July 20 (Reuters) - A Spanish court said on Thursday it has started a new investigation against Colombian singer Shakira linked to alleged fraud on income and wealth tax in 2018. The court in the northeastern town of Esplugues de Llobregat, near Barcelona, did not provide further details in its statement. In that case, the prosecutor is seeking up to an eight-year prison term against the star, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak. The prosecutor did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the new case. Reporting by Emma Pinedo, editing by Inti Landauro; Editing by Bernadette BaumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Shakira, Shakira Isabel Mebarak, Emma Pinedo, Inti Landauro, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Colombian, Thomson Locations: MADRID, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona
Colombian singer Shakira was ordered to stand trial over tax-fraud charges in Spain. A judge in Spain ordered singer Shakira to face trial on charges of tax fraud related to income she made from 2012 to 2014. Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , faces six counts of tax fraud, according to the court in Esplugues de Llobregat, a city near Barcelona. A date for the trial hasn’t been set.
BARCELONA, Spain — A Spanish judge on Tuesday approved a trial for Colombian pop singer Shakira on charges of tax fraud. Prosecutors are seeking an 8-year prison sentence and a hefty fine if she is found guilty of tax evasion. Shakira, 45, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and rejected a deal with authorities to avoid going to trial. The court based in the town of Esplugues de Llobregat near Barcelona said that Shakira will face six counts of tax fraud. Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, has been linked to Spain since she started dating soccer player Gerard Pique.
Spanish court formally sends Shakira to trial for tax fraud
  + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
The 75th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "Elvis" Out of Competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah MeyssonnierMADRID, Sept 27 (Reuters) - A Spanish court on Tuesday formally ordered Colombian superstar Shakira to stand trial on accusations that she failed to pay 14.5 million euros ($14.31 million) in income taxes, a court document released on Tuesday showed. The Esplugues de Llobregat court on Tuesday confirmed the trial will go ahead on a date still to be announced. "The order to send Shakira to trial is just another step in any proceedings of this kind. Shakira vowed last week to fight what she claimed were "false" accusations by Spanish authorities and added that she had already paid what the Spanish tax office said she owed before they filed a lawsuit.
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