Shakira Faces 8 Year Jail Term In Connection With Tax Fraud Allegations; Read Here!

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Shakira, the Latina music queen and Hips Don’t Lie hit-maker, has now landed herself in some serious legal trouble. The global music superstar faces up to eight years behind bars, according to a recent report. Yes, you read that correctly.

Shakira could be facing prison time in the near future! According to a prosecutor’s office document obtained by Reuters, a Spanish prosecutor is seeking an eight-year prison sentence for the Hips Don’t Lie singer in connection with a 14.5 million euro tax fraud case in which she is accused of defrauding Spain’s government. If Shakira is found guilty, she will be fined more than 23 million euros (USD 23.5 million).

The most recent shocking development took place after Shakira rejected a plea deal offered by prosecutors to settle the case. For the uninitiated, Shakira allegedly failed to pay taxes from 2012 to 2014, but the 45-year-old singer claims she was not in Spain at the time.

The prosecutor’s documents claim Shakira was residing in Spain during that period, and in May 2012 she bought a house in Barcelona for her, former partner Gerard Piqu, and their son Milan, born here in 2013. They also share a son, Sasha, who was born in 2015.

Shakira’s representative insists that the singer “is fully confident of her innocence” and that the tax fraud case is a “complete violation of her rights.” The Queen of Latin Pop initially claimed that she had paid the 17.2 million euros that the Spanish tax office claimed she owed, despite the fact that she had no outstanding debt with the tax authorities.

The trial date has not yet been set. Intriguingly, Shakira’s tax problems surfaced just a month after she and Gerard Piqu announced their divorce in June.

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