(Observer Network) Cristiano Ronaldo (hereinafter referred to as Cristiano Ronaldo), who was previously accused of evading tax of 5.7 million euros (about 44.035 million yuan), was sentenced to 23 months of probation on the 22nd and fined 18.8 million euros (about 145 million yuan).
According to the Western media "European Chinese News" report on January 23, Ronaldo appeared on the streets of Madrid on the 22nd local time, but this time he came not to participate in any event, but to listen to the final verdict of the Madrid Procuratorate in the previous case of tax evasion of 5.7 million euros. At a Criminal Court hearing in Madrid 17, he pleaded guilty to four fiscal crimes accused and received a fine of 18.8 million euros and a 23-month probation sentence. However, because he had no previous criminal record, he was a first offender (accusation of non-violent incident), and his sentence was 2 years or less, he did not need to be imprisoned and served his sentence according to Spanish law.
C Ronaldo appeared on the streets of Madrid on the 22nd local time with his girlfriend Photo丨European News
It is understood that when Ronaldo played for Real Madrid Club from 2011 to 2014, he used his overseas bag companies to evade the high taxes in Spain. When under investigation by the procuratorate, his lawyer also tried to exempt Ronaldo from appearing in court to accept the verdict by paying an extra fine of 375,000 euros (about 2.897 million yuan), but was rejected.
Since Ronaldo had reached an agreement with the court before the trial, the trial lasted only a few minutes. After the trial, when Ronaldo and his girlfriend faced the siege of outside court reporters, he smiled and said, "It's over, it's over" and left immediately.
It is worth mentioning that a few minutes before Ronaldo arrived at the procuratorate, his former Real Madrid partner Xabi Alonso also arrived in the criminal court for trial, but it was different from Ronaldo's attitude of choosing to reconcile. Xabi insisted that "he did not hide anything" and refused to admit that he had committed illegal tax evasion before.
