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| Subject: Destructive statism: Barca's Messi, father face trial on tax fraud charges Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:58 pm | |
| A Spanish court has ordered Lionel Messi and his father Jorge to stand trial in a tax fraud case and the state attorney said Barcelona's star player should serve a jail sentence of up to 22 months if found guilty.
The two men are accused of defrauding the Spanish state of 4.2 million euros ($4.5 million) in tax from 2007 to 2009.
Court documents published on Thursday said the hearings in the case would take place at a court in Vilanova i la Geltru near Barcelona but gave no date.
The stance of the state attorney, which defends the interests of the Spanish state, contrasts with that of Spain's public prosecutor, who has said the soccer star should not have to answer the charges as his father oversaw his finances.
The company that controls Messi's image rights, Leo Messi Management SLU, issued a statement which said Messi's defence team would present evidence in court "in coming weeks" that would show the state prosecutor's stance was the correct one and not that of the state attorney.
https://au.sports.yahoo.com/football/a/29760956/barcas-messi-father-face-trial-on-tax-fraud-charges/ |
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