Shakira could be facing jail after being accused of tax evasion.
The 40-year-old Columbian singer is being investigated by the Spanish tax authorities, who’ve put out a request for prosecutors to look into her financial affairs over the four years between 2011 and 2014.
They allege Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, could have evaded paying the proper taxes.
Spain’s Tax Agency has argued Shakira was living in Spain during the period between 2011 and 2014 and therefore should have paid income tax on her worldwide earnings and not just earnings obtained in Spain.
According to Catalan daily newspaper, La Vanguardia, state prosecution chiefs will now have to determine whether they agree with the Tax Agency.
If so, formal legal proceedings will be launched against Shakira and the tax bill amounts to tens of millions of euros.