Shakira Claims She’s Sufferer of Smear Marketing campaign in Spain Tax Fraud Case

Shakira is firing again at Spanish prosecutors, claiming she’s the sufferer of a smear marketing campaign and has the receipts to show it.

The singer filed authorized docs Friday in Spain, answering allegations she did not pay greater than $14 million in taxes for earnings earned from 2012 by 2014.

Shakira says throughout that interval, she was NOT a resident of Spain. In line with the legal guidelines of the nation, she’s required to pay taxes if she spends 183 days or extra there in a single yr.

She says through the interval in query, she truly paid $10,141,075 in taxes to the U.S. authorities — that is the time when she appeared as a coach on “The Voice.” She says she was not in Spain for the requisite time frame — 183 days.

Prosecutors are in search of an 8-year jail sentence and a $24 million positive if she’s convicted within the upcoming trial, however she says in new authorized docs she’s paid greater than $90 mil to Spain’s model of Uncle Sam.

In line with the authorized docs, Shakira declared herself a tax resident of Spain in 2015, after settling there together with her household and enrolling her son in class.

Shakira claims the federal government can also be gunning for her failure to pay in 2011 … she says she was on a worldwide tour and solely spend a grand whole of 60 days within the nation.