Lionel Messi’s tax fraud case will be heard by a Barcelona court from May 31 through to
June 3, according to statement. World Player of the Year Messi and his father Jorge are
accused of defrauding the Spanish state of 4.2 million euros in tax between 2007 and
2009 and a Spanish court ordered that they stand trial last October. The state attorney
has proposed jail terms of up to 22 months if they are found guilty. Barcelona forward
Messi and his father have already paid five million euros to the tax authorities as a
“corrective” measure after they were formally charged in June 2013.
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