On July 29, Spanish prosecutors said that Shakira's tax fraud case called for an eight-year prison sentence.
According to information provided by the prosecutor's office, she is accused of committing tax fraud of 14.5 million euros,
or around 14.8 million USD (via Reuters). The prosecution is also requesting a fine of 24 million euros.
Shakira, a Colombian musician, is charged with failing to pay taxes between 2012 and 2014.
While the prosecution claims that Shakira spent more than half of each year in Spain, Shakira insists that she was not a resident of Spain during those years.
Authorities believe Shakira purchased a house in Barcelona in 2012, according to the records examined by Reuters.
The Bahamas were Shakira's official abode, according to her crew.
According to Reuters, the prosecutor's office made a settlement offer to the singer earlier this week, but he rejected it.
The contents of the deal are still undisclosed. According to a statement made at the time by Shakira's public relations firm,
the singer is absolutely certain of her innocence and refuses to accept a payment.
Shakira's team claims that she is debt-free and that she has already paid the 17.2 million euros that the authorities initially asserted she owed.
She was initially accused with tax fraud by Spanish authorities in 2018. She owes 14.5 million euros, they claimed, but hasn't paid.
Shakira and FC Barcelona soccer star Gerard Piqué have called it quits. The couple has been married for eleven years and has two kids together.