Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, has been summonsed to court to be probed over alleged multi-million-pound tax fraud.
The 42-year-old singer is being investigated on suspicion of committing six separate counts of tax fraud against the Spanish Treasury totalling more than £12.5million (14.5million euros)
She was told to appear before a Spanish judge in Espluegues de Llobregat near the Catalan capital on June 12.
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The hearing will take place behind closed doors, as is normal in Spain where only trials are held in public.
Spanish state prosecutors accused the mother-of-two of fraud in December, saying they believed she had pretended to live abroad and use an existing complex offshore corporate structure to avoid meeting her tax obligations from 2012 to 2014 – despite starting a relationship with former Manchester United defender Pique in 2011 and moving to Barcelona.
According to Daily Mail, Shakira has been unable to stop the case getting to court despite paying the £12.5million prosecutors.
The singer reportedly insisted today she was not ‘in debt’ to the Spanish state and said she would cooperate fully with the country’s justice system.
