Shakira’s legal defense has reached an agreement before her trial for allegedly committing six crimes against the Treasury between 2012 and 2014, so that the singer can “prioritize your career and your stability and that of your children.”

The Colombian singer Shakira has accepted fines that They total almost 7.8 million euros to avoid the three years in prison that the Barcelona Court has imposed on him, after acknowledging that he defrauded the Treasury of 14.5 million euros between 2012 and 2014.

In a brief appearance before the sixth section of the Barcelona Court, the artist, for whom the Prosecutor’s Office requested eight years and two months in prison, has ratified the agreement that his defense has reached at the last minute with the Prosecutor’s Office and the private accusations brought by the Tax Agency and the Generalitat.

In this way, the court has sentenced Shakira to a three-year prison sentence and the payment of a fine of 7.3 million euros and, in agreement with the parties, has suspended her imprisonment in exchange of the payment of 432,000 euros in total, 400 for each day that he will be free from being behind bars. Shakira has already returned to the Treasury the 14.5 million euros that she defrauded, plus another three million euros in interest, which has allowed the accusations to apply the highly qualified mitigating circumstance of repairing the damage and, in this way, the pact.

The agreement has also meant a considerable reduction of the fine which the singer faced, of 23.7 million euros and which has remained at 7.3, half of the defrauded fee.

The artist thus avoids the trial that was to begin this Monday in the Barcelona Court and that, over twelve sessions, was to resolve whether the singer evaded paying taxes to the Spanish Treasury between 2012 and 2014, pretending that she resided outside of Spain. Spain.

In a ccommuniqué from ‘Llorente and Cuenca’, They have detailed that this agreement aims to “put an end to the process and thus avoid the impact of media exposure and the trial time, which on many occasions is of an exhausting length.”

Now, Shakira will continue her “fight against the Tax Agency in the administrative case for the 2011 fiscal year, a path with less wear and exposure than the criminal one.”

“From substance to form, the 2011 case is nonsense; not only because I was not even close to being a resident in 2011, but because they have made me pay for all the working capital of my tour. They have not taken into account count the expenses I incurred and I ended up paying my tour expenses twice,” the artist said in a statement.

He also trusts in the “adequate discernment of the justice authorities, and that they will know how to separate the way in which this criminal case has ended, without this conditions or affecting the 2011 case in the slightest, since it is a compartment legal system and a completely different process for all purposes”.

“I felt ready to face a trial and defend my innocence. My lawyers were convinced that we had a winning trial. However, after many years of fighting, I have made this decision,” said the artist.

He has detailed that I had two options: “Continue fighting until the end, mortgaging my peace of mind and that of my children; stop making songs, albums and tours, without being able to enjoy my career and the things I like, or agree, close and leave this chapter of my life behind.” life looking forward”.

Furthermore, in the same statement, Shakira has maintained that she wants her “children live a full life” and focus on what is really important, watching their children grow and spending time with them, in his words.