A Spanish court on Tuesday formally ordered Colombian superstar Shakira to stand trial on accusations that she failed to pay €14.5m (about R250m) in income taxes, a court document released on Tuesday showed.
In July the Hips Don’t Lie singer, 45, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, rejected a deal to settle the matter, which meant she would have to stand trial in a case that could see her sent to prison for eight years.
The Esplugues de Llobregat court on Tuesday confirmed the trial will go ahead on a date to be announced.
The prosecutor is seeking an eight-year prison term for the singer, who is accused of failing to pay taxes between 2012 and 2014, a period in which she said she was leading a “nomadic life” because of her work.
