SHAKIRA is facing a tax probe in Spain in another major blow following her high profile split from ex-partner Gerard Pique.
Officials confirmed today a court near Barcelona had agreed to investigate the Colombian singer-songwriter for suspected 2018 tax breaches.
The 46-year-old will return to the Catalan capital again in November for the beginning of her £12.5 million tax evasion trial.
A spokesman for Catalonia’s High Court of Justice said: “Court of Instruction Number 2 in Esplugues de Llobregat has opened a procedure following a complaint presented by prosecutors against the singer Shakira for two suspected tax crimes corresponding to her 2018 tax returns.”
The official said they related to income tax and VAT returns, but there has not yet been any official comment from the mum-of-two.