Singer Shakira (2l) with her lawyers, Pau Molins (1l), Miriam Company (1r), on her arrival at the Audiencia Nacional on the day her trial begins, on November 20, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Shakira’s trial for allegedly defrauding the tax authorities of 14.5 million euros begins today. The court expects the trial to last for 12 sessions spaced from Monday, November 20 until Thursday, December 14, where 117 witnesses and eight experts will be called to testify and answer questions from the defense and the prosecution, the State Attorney’s Office and the Generalitat. Among the witnesses summoned are workers who attended Shakira in Barcelona in beauty salons, hairdressers, bars, H๏τels and restaurants, and other employees such as her personal driver, two gynecologists, her zumba and fitness teachers and her stylist, as well as Shakira’s neighbors or doormen, among others. The artist is facing a request for a sentence of eight years and two months in prison, after allegedly committing six crimes against the Treasury between 2012 and 2014, and in addition to the prison sentence the Prosecutor’s Office demands to fine the artist with 23.8 million euros. PH๏τo by Europa Press/Abaca/Sipa USA ABACA PRESS Europa Press/Abaca/Sipa USA
Shakira caused the quite the scene over the weekend — in West Kendall, of all places. Video posted to Only in Dade showed the pop star cruising around Three Lakes Park in a golf cart as a screaming crowd forms. A bunch of boys in soccer uniforms (and a few ᴀᴅuʟтs) chase after the vehicle as she smiles and waves. “Oh my God!” a woman says off camera.
Random? Not really. Shakira, who was just recently seen looking at pricey works at Art Basel, was no doubt at the soccer park to attend a game, not check out the area’s famed strip malls. It’s unclear which of her two sons with her ex, Spanish footballer Gerard Pique was playing, Sasha, 8, or Milan, 10. The kids on the field look to be around Milan’s age, and he plays with Juventus Academy, so that makes sense.
Both boys are apparently settling in nicely to their new hometown since their parents split last summer. The 46 year old singer told Hola magazine that the paparazzi pretty much leave them in peace. She made no mention of soccer parents, though.
