MADRID: Spanish prosecutors have accused Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo of defrauding the authorities of millions of euros in tax.
The prosecutor’s office here said it has filed a lawsuit against the Real Madrid footballer. He is accused of evading tax of 14.7m euros (£13m; $16m) from 2011 to 2014.
Ronaldo, currently the world’s highest-paid sports star, had previously said he was not worried about tax investigations as he had nothing to hide.
On this occasion, he is accused of knowingly using a “business structure” to hide income made from his image rights.
When asked about that investigation, he told a journalist from Radio Television Portuguesa (RTP) “Quien no debe no teme”, which roughly translates as “He who has nothing to hide has no fear.”
