Shakira legal advisers "remain optimistic and cooperate fully with the judiciary".
A Spanish judge has ruled that there is "sufficient evidence" to prosecute Colombian singer Shakira for tax evasion, according to a leaked court document.
Judge Marco Jesus Juberias completed the preliminary investigation into the allegations that the star did not pay 14.5 million euros in income taxes during the three years 2012-14.
This investigation is the preliminary stage and follows the determination of the jurisdiction.
Spanish prosecutors say Shakira was living in Catalonia at the time. However, her representatives insist that she did not live in Spain until 2015 and has fulfilled all her tax obligations.
Spanish media reported that Shakira's team claimed that the singer's main residence was in the Bahamas, but local media also claimed that she has a house in the Barcelona area, with her longtime partner, Barcelona footballer Gerard Pique. , with whom he has two children.
The Spanish tax code says anyone who stays in Spain for at least six months and one day - or 183 days - in a given year can pay taxes in Spain, tax adviser Beatriz Garcia told CNN.
The judge wrote in his ruling that Shakira and a financial advisor, also known, used a number of companies in off-shore tax havens to try to hide their sources of income in those years.
An e-mail sent to Shakira representatives today said the court document was "an expected step in the process" and that the singer's legal advisers "remain optimistic and cooperate fully with the judiciary" but will not comment further. case.
The decision was dated July 20 and the judge gave the parties 10 working days to submit additional arguments, including the dispute to dismiss the case.
