{"id":8916,"date":"2019-01-23T09:57:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T09:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=8916"},"modified":"2019-01-23T09:57:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T09:57:36","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-avoids-jail-time-with-heavy-tax-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/cristiano-ronaldo-avoids-jail-time-with-heavy-tax-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo Avoids Jail Time With $20m Tax Fine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CristianoCristiano Ronaldo is one of among the top two most famous football stars in the world. <\/p>\n

The former Real Madrid player, who is also facing investigations of rape<\/a> had decided to leave the club last year after nine seasons and move to Italy to play for Juventus because he was unhappy about tax fraud allegations that were raised against him.<\/p>\n

A Spanish Court went after Ronaldo for dodging his tax payments from 2010 to 2014. <\/p>\n

Ronaldo and his team decided this week to settle the case and avoid jail time by paying a total of $21.6 million<\/strong>. The tax lawsuit received a lot of media attention during 2018 and Ronaldo decided it was better for him to settle things and avoid jail time which could be a 23 month prison sentence<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Local media reported <\/p>\n

Under Spanish law, a first offender can serve anything less than a two-year sentence under probation and Ronaldo will not have to go to prison. His court appearance lasted about 15 minutes as he only needed to sign off on the previously settled agreement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The $21.6 million might be a lot of money to most people but not for Ronaldo as he is one of the richest athletes in the world.<\/p>\n

The Fumble<\/strong><\/p>\n

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