Amid Obtaining Leeway From Spanish Authorities, Gerard Pique’s Ex Shakira to Present Weighty Piece of Evidence to Squash Away Jail Term Fears

Since 2022, Shakira has occasionally been in the news headlines for her tax fraud controversy. Months are splitting with Gerard Pique; the Spanish authorities accused the singer of not paying her taxes from 2012 – 2014. Shockingly a lawsuit of $15.9 million looms over her head. A recent report suggests that the Colombian icon is hanging on to a major piece of evidence to save her.

Also, she has received a great deal of leeway from the Barcelona courts. Apart from that, the Treasury just re-announced that there would be about 51 witnesses to testify at the first trial. Most of these witnesses are neighbors of the singer’s former residence in Barcelona.

What is Shakira’s major piece of evidence?

Despite an eight-year jail term possibly looming over her head, Shakira seems quite confident. That is because the singer claims that she wasn’t in the country for most of that timeframe. As per that, she expected to be exempted from paying taxes. There’s this one piece of evidence that she is tightly hanging on to. Seemingly, this could be the golden key to her victory in the tax fraud case.

Reportedly, there are thirty-one unpublished photos of the singer and her team during that phase of time. An individual from her artistic team contributed these images. These pictures will mainly prove that she was on an international tour during the entirety of 2011. Most importantly, it will highlight that the Colombian icon wasn’t in Spain for more than 60 days.

It is still unknown whether the Waka–Waka singer will turn up for every session of the trial. This judicial process will last for approximately twenty days. On the contrary, she could travel to Barcelona for her statement and on the final day exercise her right to the ‘last word’. After making a single appearance in court, she could attend the rest of the sessions on a video call.

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In recent times, the court in Barcelona has also given the singer major leeway considering her busy music career. Let’s dive deeper.

What leeway has the court given to Shakira?

The leeway is mainly to ease Shakira off the pressure from traveling to Barcelona from Miami every time. The court has given her the freedom to choose the dates for her own statement. Mainly, this was due to the busy schedule of her professional music career. She just needs to get the court’s approval and then her date to testify would be confirmed.

The Colombian icon hasn’t really spoken about her tax-fraud case. The Spanish authorities hit her with the lawsuit just months after her split with Pique. Once, in an interview, she described that period of the time as the ‘darkest’ moment of her life. From the looks of it, she has gotten her life back on track. After multiple diss track successes, she recently released Acrostico, a song for her children.

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