A court in Madrid imposed against soccer Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo to a prison sentence of 23 months. Behind bars the tax evaders but does not have to.
Football Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has been spoken because of tax evasion by a court in Madrid guilty. The 33-Year-old accepted at the hearing on Tuesday in the run-up negotiated Deal with the Prosecutor’s office and now has to pay almost 19 million euros in taxes and fines. In addition, the Portuguese national was sentenced to a 23-month prison sentence, such as the Spanish television reported. In case of non-convicted Convicted, it is customary in Spain, that a prison sentence of up to two years, suspended on probation.
Ronaldo entered entirely in Black, the court of dressed building in Madrid. Hand-in-Hand with his partner Georgina Rodriguez the Portuguese distributed smiling, signing autographs to his Fans. “It’s dazzling to me,” he said. The appointment was considered a formality, since Ronaldo had already agreed in advance with the Spanish judicial authorities.
Via letter-box companies evading tax
The competent public Prosecutor for economic crimes had accused Ronaldo, via letter-box companies control several million euros to the Spanish Treasury over trafficked. Particularly focused on revenues from image rights, which should have moved the striker between 2011 and 2014. At the end of July 2017, Ronaldo had got to in relation to court for the first time on the allegations and stated that he “concealed never and never intent” to evade taxes. Ronaldo had played from 2009 to 2018 for Real Madrid, was changed after the world Cup in Russia to Italy to Juventus.
A similar Deal with the Spanish tax authorities as Ronaldo had closed in 2017, is already a Superstar, Lionel Messi. The Argentine had been sentenced to 21 months in prison, had to pay a million in total, and out of the prison.
sn/ck (dpa, rtr, afp)