Shakira faces tax trial in Spain after rejecting prosecutors’ offer

Shakira (Yui Mok/PA)

Colombian pop singer Shakira has opted to go to trial instead of accepting a deal offered by Spanish prosecutors to settle allegations she defrauded Spain’s government of 14.5 million euros (£12.2 million) in taxes, her public relations team said.

Shakira, 45, “trusts her innocence and chooses to leave the issue in the hands of the law”, the PR firm Llorente y Cuenca said in a statement.