TVC E. Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in jail after £3.5m tax avoidance over three years, but the Argentinian is unlikely to step into the prison doors. However, as Spanish law denotes that a sentence under two years can be served as probation, Messi is unlikely to spend any time in jail.
Messi was not only involved as his father Jorge was also given a 21-month sentence, but it has been reduced to 15. Jorge Messi was originally ordered to pay a fine of £1.3 million, but that has been reduced to £1.1 million by the law court.
Meanwhile, Lionel Messi’s team-mates, Neymar and Javier Mascherano have also been accused of tax fraud, with the former ordered to stand trial.
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