The Argentina international's 21-month prison
sentence for tax fraud is to be swapped with a fine reported to be €255,000
Spain's
public prosecutor has agreed to substitute Lionel Messi's suspended 21-month
prison sentence for tax fraud with a fine.The Barcelona superstar was given the
jail term last July after being found guilty - alongside his father Jorge - of
three counts of tax fraud.
It was ruled that Messi, between 2007 and 2009, defrauded Spain
of €4.1million relating to earnings from image rights.
An appeal against the sentence was rejected by the Spanish
Supreme Court in May.
However,
Spanish news agency EFE reports that the public prosecutor has
agreed to substitute the sentence for a fine of €255,000, equating to €400 for
each day behind bars.
During the initial trial in
2016, Messi consistently denied any involvement, insisting his focus was only
ever on playing football.
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