Shakira avoids prison. The singer was in court for tax evasion amounting to millions - the trial finally came to an end.
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00:00 On Monday morning, Shakira appeared in court in Barcelona.
00:05 She was accused of evading 14.5 million euros in taxes between 2012 and 2014.
00:12 She faced a possible 8-year prison sentence.
00:15 However, the singer denied everything.
00:18 Now, it seems she had a change of heart, Shakira reached a settlement shortly before the trial,
00:24 admitting to tax evasion.
00:26 A payment of several million euros as back taxes had already been made.
00:31 While this allowed her to avoid imprisonment, she will now have to lose even more millions
00:35 of euros.
00:37 Shakira was sentenced to a fine of 7.3 million euros and a three-year probation.
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