Shakira Takes Deal In Spanish Tax Fraud Case, Agrees To Pay Millions In Fines

Last year, Spanish authorities charged Shakira with defrauding the government claiming that she owed 14.5 million euros in unpaid takes from 2012 to 2014. The government claimed that she spent half of her time living in Barcelona during those years but that she hadn’t paid any takes, and prosecutors sought an eight-year prison sentence and a fine of 24 million euros. Shakira said that the charges were “false accusations,” and then the government hit her with another round of charges. Sh...

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