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Spanish prosecutors have called for more than eight years in prison and a fine of about $24 million for Shakira over alleged tax fraud, as the authorities push ahead with their years-long case against the Colombian pop star.
Shakira’s legal woes began in 2018 when Spanish authorities accused her of evading taxes amounting to 14.5 million euros, or nearly $15 million, between 2012 and 2014 — a three-year period during which she claimed she had not yet officially moved to Spain. A judge concluded last year that prosecutors had gathered sufficient evidence to pursue tax fraud charges in court.
On Friday, prosecutors unveiled six charges against Shakira, 45, after she rejected a settlement deal earlier this week, El País reported. According to the Spanish newspaper, authorities highlighted the substantial amount of taxes she allegedly owed, as well as her record of using offshore tax havens, as aggravating factors in the case.
The tax fraud charges hinge on where Shakira lived from 2012 to 2014. She claims that her tax residency was in the Bahamas until 2015, when she relocated to Barcelona with her partner, FC Barcelona soccer player Gerard Piqué. (The couple, who have two children together, last month announced the end of their 11-year relationship.)
But according to Spanish investigators, Shakira allegedly spent more than 200 days in the country in each of those three years. The Spanish government stipulates that an individual who stays in the country for 184 days or more is considered a resident for tax purposes. These findings, first published by El País in 2020, were based on a reconstruction of Shakira’s schedule, such as public sightings by fans and photographers.
The "Shake it Off" singer was accused of polluting the earth by flying in her private jet 170 times between Jan. 1 and July 29, according to Yard, a sustainability marketing agency that prides itself on "cutting-edge data and analysis."
However, a representative for the 32-year-old pop star said, "Taylor’s jet is loaned out regularly to other individuals. To attribute most or all of these trips to her is blatantly incorrect," according to TMZ.
The research gathered by Yard shows results for "which celebrities are the worst private jet CO2 emission offenders," with Swift racking up more than 22,000 minutes in the air, or the equivalent of 16 days.
Swift’s total flight emissions for the year total 8,240 metric tons, or 1,185 times more than the average person’s total annual emissions, according to the report.
Actress Brooke Shields says that once a woman in showbusiness is over 40 years old, she is “put out to pasture.”
“I’m still in a career, I’m still working, I’m here, and I was shocked by how unrepresented I was,” Shields told Gayle King in a preview of an interview with Oprah Daily. “You’re either [in your] twenties, and sexy, and fabulous, or you’re in Depends.”
The 57-year-old actress said she is upset by her waning status in the hyper-competitive entertainment industry.
“It’s like, from 40 on, we start living in our lives, and we’re not marketed to, once you’re over [40], you stop working, you’re, like, put out to pasture. And I was incensed by that,” Shields said.
This is not the first time Shields has used the metaphor of a retired farm animal for aging.
In June, the actress appeared on the VeryWell Mind podcast, where she said, “We’ve just become used to how we’re spoken about and we’re told, you hit a certain age and they just put you out into pasture.”
“Oh, your ovaries are no longer gonna make the world continue, so we’re just gonna kind of lump you over there. You’ve had a good run and it’s just so not the truth. I mean, I don’t feel it,” Shields continued.
The Blue Lagoon star went on to admit that she had never thought about this when she was in her twenties, but now that she has passed 50, she feels like “nobody [is] out there talking to me.”
Lot's of talented women have long careers in film, but as some point you have to resign yourself to not playing the beautiful young thing, because aren't.
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