Shakira Claims She’s Victim of Smear Campaign in Spain Tax Fraud Case

Shakira is shooting back at Spanish district attorneys, declaring she’s the victim of a negative campaign and has the invoices to show it.

The vocalist submitted legal docs Friday in Spain, responding to accusations she stopped working to pay more than $14 million in taxes for earnings made from 2012 through 2014.

Shakira states throughout that duration, she was NOT a citizen of Spain. According to the laws of the nation, she’s needed to pay taxes if she invests 183 days or more there in a single year.

She states throughout the duration in concern, she really paid $10,141,075 in taxes to the U.S. federal government — this is the time when she looked like a coach on “The Voice.” She states she was not in Spain for the requisite duration of time — 183 days.

Prosecutors are looking for an 8-year jail sentence and a $24 million fine if she’s founded guilty in the approaching trial, however she states in brand-new legal docs she’s paid more than $90 mil to Spain’s variation of Uncle Sam.

According to the legal docs, Shakira stated herself a tax citizen of Spain in 2015, after settling there with her household and registering her child in school.

Shakira claims the federal government is likewise gunning for her failure to pay in 2011 … she states she was on a worldwide trip and just invest a grand overall of 60 days in the nation.