Shakira does not reach an agreement with the Prosecutor's Office and will go to trial in Spain for alleged tax evasion

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Colombian pop singer Shakira did not reach an agreement with the Prosecutor's Office and will go to trial in Spain insisting on her innocence, according to a statement released by her public relations team.

"Shakira and her team consider this case to be a total violation of her rights, as she has always shown impeccable behavior, as a person and a taxpayer, and a complete willingness to resolve any disagreement from the beginning, even before the criminal process," the statement says.

In July 2021, a judge in a court near Barcelona ruled that the Colombian singer could be tried for alleged tax evasion of 14.5 million euros ($17 million) in Spain.

There is "enough evidence" to hold a trial for Shakira's alleged tax evasion in 2012, 2013 and 2014, the investigating magistrate said in a ruling, obtained by CNN.

• Shakira could be tried for tax evasion, according to a Spanish judge

Judge Marco Jesús Juberías argued that Shakira lived more than 200 days in Spain in each of those three years, which makes her responsible for paying taxes in the country.

Juberias said that in the investigation so far, Spain's tax agency and Shakira's lawyers have argued over the meaning of "main residence."

The Spanish tax code says that anyone who resides in Spain for at least six months and one day — or 183 days — in a given year is required to pay taxes in Spain, Madrid tax advisor Beatriz Garcia told CNN.

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The Spanish media said at the time that Shakira's team argued that her main residence was in the Bahamas.

But local media had also reported that she has a house in the Barcelona area, with her now ex-partner, FC Barcelona soccer defender Gerard Piqué, with whom she has two children.

Piqué and Shakira announced their separation in June of this year.

The judge, in the Esplugas de Llobregat court, argued that Shakira and a financial adviser, also named in the sentence, used a series of companies in tax havens to try to hide the sources of their income during those years.

CNN tried to contact the Attorney General's Office for comment, but there is still no response.

With background information from Al Goodman.

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