A Court in Barcelona has found the
Soccer Legend, Lionel Messi alongside his father, Jorge Horatio Messi guilty of
three counts of tax fraud and has sentenced them to 21 months in prison
respectively (almost 2 years).
According to statements by the court,
the sentence can be appealed for through the Spanish Supreme Court and
according to the Spanish law, a prison sentence under 2 years can be served
under probation. Hence, the possibility of Messi and his father, Jorge going to
jail is very slim. Messi and his father were also ordered by the court to pay a
total combined fine of 3.2m Euros for their crimes; 1.7m Euros for Messi and
1.5m Euros for his father.
When Messi was asked about his role
in the scandal, Messi stated, “I knew nothing about the money. I just
concentrated on playing football. I trusted my father”.
I hope Messi makes it out of this in
one piece.
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