According to a document from the prosecutor’s office on Friday, a Spanish prosecutor is requesting an eight-year prison sentence for Colombian pop diva Shakira in connection with a 14.5 million euro tax fraud case.
The singer earlier this week rejected a settlement offer from the prosecutor’s office to end the case. The singer has sold more than 80 million records worldwide with hits like “Hips Don’t Lie.”
Shakira claims she did not reside in Spain between 2012 and 2014, although she is accused of neglecting to pay taxes during that time.
According to the prosecutor’s evidence, Shakira lived in Spain regularly between 2012 and 2014 and purchased a home there in May of that year for herself, her partner, and their kid who was born there.
If she were found guilty, she would pay a fine of more than 23 million euros ($23.5 million) and receive an eight-year prison term. There is no scheduled trial date at this time.
The 45-year-old singer, known as the Queen of Latin Pop, claims she paid the 17.2 million euros the Spanish tax agency claimed she owed, and that she doesn’t owe any money to the government.
The tax situation comes of the heels Shakira’s recent divorce with husband, Gerard Pique, FC Barcelona defender. Pique, 35, and Shakira, 45, have been dating since 2011 and have two sons.
