{"id":141738,"date":"2018-06-15T16:34:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T16:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/cristiano-ronaldo-to-accept-jail-term-and-16-4m-fine-in-tax-case\/"},"modified":"2018-06-15T16:34:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T16:34:49","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-to-accept-jail-term-and-16-4m-fine-in-tax-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/cristiano-ronaldo-to-accept-jail-term-and-16-4m-fine-in-tax-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo &#8216;to accept jail term and \u00a316.4m fine&#8217; in tax case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Champions League Quarter Final First Leg - Juventus vs Real Madrid - Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy - April 3, 2018\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/AF18\/production\/_102042844_mediaitem102042843.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Reuters<figcaption>Image caption                                      Ronaldo is unlikely to have to serve any jail time                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly agreed to accept a \u00a316.4m (18.8m euro) fine and suspended jail term to settle tax evasion charges.<\/p>\n<p>The Real Madrid and Portugal footballer, 33, was accused last year of defrauding tax authorities of \u20ac14.8m (\u00a312.9m), charges he denies.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo offered to pay \u00a312.9m in June 2017 but the government rejected the offer, the El Mundo newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes hours before Portugal take on Spain in the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish courts have recently cracked down on tax evasion among footballers.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo is unlikely to serve any jail time under the deal - reportedly a verbal one at this stage. Under Spanish law, a two-year sentence for a first offence can be served on probation, with no requirement for custody<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why are Spanish football stars in legal trouble?<\/li>\n<li>Messi swaps jail for \u20ac250,000 fine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any deal would have to be signed off by Spain&#039;s tax agency. It has accused the footballer of trying to hide money linked to image rights made between 2011 and 2014.<\/p>\n<p>He denied the claims and his agency has yet to comment on the latest reports.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of the news has raised questions, however. Ronaldo is due to play for Portugal in the match against Spain at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2010, as the financial crisis deepened, Spain lifted a tax exemption that had become known as the &quot;Beckham law&quot;, which had allowed footballers to curb their taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona&#039;s Lionel Messi was given a 21-month prison sentence in 2017 on similar charges to Ronaldo but under Spanish law was able to pay a fine instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright ReutersImage caption Ronaldo is unlikely to have to serve any jail time Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly agreed to accept a \u00a316.4m (18.8m euro) fine and suspended jail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}