A court in Barcelona, Spain has opened an investigation into a second case of alleged tax fraud by pop star Shakira.
A complaint from the Prosecutor’s Office accuses the Colombian artist of defrauding the Tax Agency in personal income taxes and assets for the 2018 financial year.
At the time, Shakira was residing in Barcelona with her ex-partner and retired soccer player Gerard Piqué and her two sons.
She is now living in Miami with her children after the couple ended their 11-year relationship.
As of Thursday morning, the singer “had not received any formal notification of the Prosecutor’s complaint,” a Shakira spokesperson stated in an email to NBC News.
Shakira is already set to face trial at a date yet to be determined for allegedly failing to pay 14.5 million euros ($13.9 million) in taxes on income earned from 2012 to 2014.
However, she denied any wrongdoing.
Now, a Spanish judge has agreed with state prosecutors to probe possible tax fraud by Shakira from 2018.
“Shakira defends having always acted in accordance with the law and under the advice of the best tax experts. She is now focused on her life as an artist in Miami and is confident that there will be a favorable resolution of her tax issues.”
Both cases are being handled by a court in the town of Esplugues de Llobregat, near Barcelona.
The first case that is set to go to trial hinges on where Shakira lived from 2012 to 2014.
Prosecutors in Barcelona have alleged the Grammy winner spent more than half of that period in Spain and should have paid taxes in the country, even though her official residence was in the Bahamas.
