FC Barcelona's five-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi went on trial on Tuesday May 31,2016 along with his father on accusations of defrauding the Spanish state of millions of euros.
Messi
and his father Jorge Horacio Messi, who have both denied the
allegations, appeared in the Barcelona court on Tuesday. The star is
expected to fly to the U.S. for the Copa America tournament when the
trial ends.
A
previous court ruled that Messi, 28, could have known about and
approved the creation of a web of shell companies allegedly used to
evade taxes on income from image rights.
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