Over the years, Gerard Pique has become quite an astute businessman. The retired soccer legend is already the owner of two smaller soccer clubs in Spain. Along with that, he also owns Komos Holding, a sports event management company. After breaking up with Shakira, the Spanish authorities suddenly hit the Colombian singer with accusations of being a ‘tax fraud’.

Coincidently, all the drama started only after the FC Barcelona veteran left his long-time girlfriend.

On a recent Spanish show, the soccer veteran was brutally accused of evading taxes. After being an unfaithful partner, Pique and his lawyer were carefully plotting Shakira’s ‘darkest moment’ of her life.

Was Pique the brain behind the tax fraud accusations?

Recently, Elisa Beristain and Javier Ceriani presented an inside investigation surrounding the ‘tax fraud’ rumors on the Colombian singer. They revealed that Pique’s blindly trusted his lawyer to come up with a plan to evade taxes. Ferran Vilaseca was seemingly the mastermind behind the entire controversy.

Beristain and Ceriani revealed, “Ferran, his trusted lawyer and Davis Cup advisor is the one who has supposedly pulled all the strings to protect Piqué, unprotecting Shakira, how have they done it? through multiple companies”, as transcribed by Actitud Fem and translated by Google Translate.

They continued, “Shakira was accused by the Treasury of hiding money in Malta, Luxembourg, and the Cayman Islands, where Pique’s lawyer made her put the money”.

They also revealed that Pique had drawn out a long-term plan with his lawyers to avoid paying taxes in Spain through tax havens. After splitting with Shakira, the soccer veteran seemingly figured that accusing her of ‘tax fraud’ would be the easiest option.

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Hence, the Spanish authorities suddenly started accusing the Colombian star of not paying her taxes for years. The singer did not publicly make a comment at that time, but she was quite confident about her case. A few months later, the Colombian singer described that moment as the ‘darkest’ one in an exclusive interview.

How did Shakira fight through her toughest times?

Three months after parting ways with Pique, Shakira was dealing with tax fraud accusations and taking care of her kids all by herself. In an exclusive interview with Elle, she described that phase as the ‘darkest moment’ of her life. She said, “Every time life tests you, I think that you always find a helping hand that you can hold on to while you cry”.

She continued, “And that safety net is formed by family and friends. And if you’ve done things right, you will find that helping hand”. However, a lot has happened in the last few months. The Grammy Award winner released two diss tracks against Pique before relocating to Miami with her children. After breaking away from all the drama and chaos, the 46-year-old is looking to start afresh with her kids in America.

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