Shakira will not go to prison . Rumors about the risk that the world-famous pop star would end up in prison for fraud against the Spanish tax authorities had become increasingly insistent. This morning, in Barcelona, however, an agreement was reached with the public prosecutor.

The singer admitted to having evaded taxes for 14.5 million euros between 2012 and 2014 and agreed to a sentence which includes a three-year prison sentence and the payment of a fine of 7 million euros . The request was initially for eight years and two months. The agreement also provides for the replacement of the prison sentence with a fine (another 432 thousand euros).

The choice allows her to avoid facing a trial that would have had an enormous media impact on her and which would have forced her to remain in the city for several weeks, the same city she abandoned some time after the sensational breakup with her ex-husband, the football champion Piquè .

(Unioneonline/vf)