This Monday, November 20, Shakira sit in the dock in the Barcelona hearingwhere he faces the six crimes of which he is accused against the public treasuryAs the non-payment of income and wealth taxes in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014where he would have accumulated a debt of 14.5 million euros.
The Colombian artist is already in Barcelona. But first she passed through Seville, where she triumphed at the Latin Grammys, and also in Madrid, where she has begun to draw up a new strategy together with her legal team, and just as she has published The world, They would be seeking to reach an agreement with representatives of the Prosecutor’s Office and the State Attorney before the trial, and thus ratify it at the first hearing. this coming Monday.
Shakira wants to avoid the sentence requested by the prosecutor of eight years and two months in prison and the fine of 23.8 million euros. To do this, she is finalizing an agreement by which The one from Barranquilla would recognize the crime, pay a large amount of money as a fine, and the sentence would be reduced to less than two years in prison.which would not be fulfilled as it had no antecedents, being replaced by pay more money.
With the arrival of this agreement, would be able to avoid the 13 trial sessions that are scheduled to be held, in addition to the statements of 117 witnesses and eight experts, and the media impact which could affect your image. On the other hand, those around the singer continue to emphasize that she did not commit any crime, since between 2012 and 2014 she did not yet reside in Spain at the beginning of her relationship with Gerard Piqué.
Another open case for defrauding more than six million euros
This deal too could influence another open case of the singer with the Court of Instruction number 2 of Esplugues de Llobregat due to another complaint from the Prosecutor’s Officein which he is accused of defrauding more than six million euros for the 2018 personal income tax and wealth tax returns.
According to the aforementioned media, the artist has lived through hectic days, as she and her lawyers seek to end this investigation with this agreement despite the fact that it is part of another case. They want to settle all their pending accounts with the Spanish justice system as soon as possible..
