MESSI TAX TRIAL BEGINS IN BARCELONA
The Argentina and Barcelona superstar has been
charged with three counts of tax fraud, along with
his father, and court proceedings got underway in
Spain on Tuesday
The tax trial against Lionel Messi began in Barcelona
on Tuesday.
Messi and his father have been charged with three
counts of tax fraud worth €4.1million dating back to a
period from 2007 to 2009.
The Barcelona and Argentina star will
testify personally on Thursday - just four days before
his country's opening Copa America fixture against
Chile in the United States - as he attempts to clear
his name.
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His lawyer Enrique Bacigalupo was present for the
start of proceedings at the Eighth Court of Barcelona.
Messi had been set to avoid a trial on the grounds
that his father Jorge Messi was
apparently responsible for his son's tax obligations,
but the state attorney later opted to overrule the
advice of prosecutors and ordered both to take the
stand.
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