New charge of two tax offenses for Shakira: Spanish prosecutor does not give a truce to the Colombian singer and without her reaching the trial she will face in November, she adds other charges

A few hours before Shakira collected the awards at the Premios Juventud in Puerto Rico, her name was already part of the headlines of the Spanish press. Reason? AND new report for two tax violationsis information that first reached the media in that country before it formally reached the hands of the singer or her legal representatives.

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He court number two Espluges de Llobregat is opening a new investigation against the “Copa vacía” singer following an action brought by Barcelona’s provincial prosecutor for alleged crimes against the public treasury in the 2018 financial year. The action comes in addition to the trial Shakira will face in November for six other tax offences.

Even without being aware of this new cause, as indicated by La Vanguardia, this means the second blow for the artist in less than 24 hours. The first came from his former partner Gerard Piqué who admitted in one of his Kings League shows that he had found love in Clara Chía Marta.

Now, the prosecutor’s office has filed a complaint against the artist for the crime of income tax (income tax) and property fraud for the fiscal year 2018.

Why didn’t Shakira know anything about the lawsuit for the other two tax crimes

According to information available to the Spanish press, information about the new procedure did not officially reach Shakira’s hands and was leaked to the media, which is why the prosecutor’s office hastened to report on the procedure.

However, the artist’s legal team was unaware of this and it didn’t take long for them to come out via statement.

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“Shakira did not receive any notification about the complaint that today the media claim she filed for the business year 2018. Again, as in all these years, the singer learned about the filing of this complaint through the media,” reads the document they sent to the media.

It is also emphasized that there will be no comments until the notification is officially and personally, in accordance with the law, done in the singer’s new residence in Miami, the city where she has been living since last April with her two children.

Shakira is currently still focusing on her artistic career following her split from Gerard Piqué in June 2022, which has brought with it a number of speculations about the couple’s break-up and the ex-footballer’s alleged infidelity.

She is also preparing for the trial she will face in November in Barcelona after the prosecution’s first accusations of fraud, against which she defended herself by saying that she “acted in accordance with the law and according to the advice of the best tax experts”, she notes. Vanguard quoting the statement.

This would be the second case against the Barranquilla native to be tried in the first instance for defrauding the national treasury between 2012 and 2014. The artist will face an oral trial on charges of six tax offenses and could face at least eight years in prison and a multi-million dollar fine. (AND)