AFP
Madrid – Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo avoided jail on Tuesday, but was ordered by a Spanish court to pay €3.57 million for committing tax fraud when at Real Madrid, part of a broader €18.8 million payout.
Sporting sunglasses and a smile, accompanied by his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez, Ronaldo arrived at the court in northeastern Madrid for a brief hearing.
He was handed a two-year jail sentence immediately reduced to a fine of €365 000 and another penalty of €3.2 million, according to the sentence.
Accused of having avoided paying €5.7 million in taxes due on his image rights between 2011 and 2014, Ronaldo has already paid the taxman €6.7 million for what he owed plus interest, the sentence read.
That – plus the court fine – comes to more than €10 million.
In June, the player’s lawyers and Spain’s taxman came to an agreement that Ronaldo would pay a grand total of €18.8 million.
That amount was not
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