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Shakira Explains Why She Settled $15 Million Tax Fraud Case


Shakira explains why she settled her $15 million tax fraud case in November 2023

Patricia J. Garcinuno/WireImage“I did it to protect my children and to get on with my life, not out of cowardice or guilt,” Shakira, 47, wrote in an essay published in Spanish newspaper El Mundo on Thursday, September 5. “In all that time, they never found even the slightest sign of illegality, while a general director of inspection of the Spanish Tax Agency allowed himself to criminalize me in a television program even before the trial was held. “This is really hard to talk about personally, especially as this is the first time I’ve ever addressed this situation in an interview,” the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer told Elle in a September 2022 profile.

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