The next November 20 Shakira sits on the bench. The Colombian will respond before the National Court for the six crimes against the public treasury: He is accused of non-payment of income and wealth taxes during the years 2012, 2013 and 2014, which accumulated a fraud of 145 million euros. For the correct preparation of his defense and his statement in the process, he arrives in Barcelona, wheree land with his children Milan and Sasha this same weekend.
This trip will be quick and almost fleeting. Shakira must comply with her strict schedule; and, in those terms, Thursday, November 16 It is a date rounded with a marker. That day the 24th Latin Grammy Awards will take place.which will be celebrated in style in Sevillaan event for which the Colombian has many chances to appear as the new protagonist. The one from Barranquilla leaves with seven nominations: songs like his session with Bizarrap, Acrostic o TQG They have earned him nominations in different categories, ranging from best recording of the year to best pop song.
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Preparation for the trial will culminate next weekend. From the city of Seville, travel back to the Catalan capital to focus on mode of operation of your part in the process. All, as reported The newspaperhis children will remain under the guardianship of the father, Gerard Piqu, who has not traveled to Miami this month to see his offspring due to their presence in Barcelona. However, the aforementioned newspaper insists that The relationship between Piqu and Shakira continues to be bad and based on tensionwhich now focuses on specifying the dates they can share with Milan and Sasha during the school year.
What will the trial be like and what penalty does he face?
In total, there will be twelve sessions proposed by the Barcelona Court. According to the writing of said body to which the aforementioned media had access, although the dates are not fixed, The roadmap includes holding the rest of the meetings on November 22, 23, 28, 29 and 30, as well as December 4, 5, 11, 12, 13 and 14. As in all judicial processes, everything is subject to a certain acceleration depending on the development of the trial: for example, If Shakira confesses or reaches an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, the speed of the regulatory procedures would be much greater.
In the courtroom, as detailed in the brief from the Barcelona Court, there will be 200 witnesses distributed among members of the State Attorney, who will be more than half; 60 requested by the defense of the accused and 30 by the Prosecutor’s Office. If tax fraud is proven, the Colombian will have to face a sentence that will amount to eight years and two months in prisonas well as a fine that is close to 24 million euros.
