Lionel Messi to stand trial on tax fraud in Spain
Lionel Messi will stand trial in Spain on three counts of tax fraud.
Court documents made public today say a judge has rejected a request to clear the Barcelona player from wrongdoing and decided to charge him and his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, with tax fraud.
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