Cristiano Ronaldo will be fined €3.2 million (Dh13.6m) and sentenced to 24 months in prison, a sentence he is unlikely to serve, after settling a tax evasion case with Spanish tax authorities, the prosecutor said on Friday.
The 33-year-old is accused of evading €5.7m in taxes. He has denied the allegations.
Ronaldo, who has joined Serie A champions in Italy Juventus from Real Madrid, where he played between 2009 until this summer, is set to avoid having to serve any time in prison as Spanish law states a sentence of under two years for a first offence can be served on probation.
The football star will be required to pay the €3.2m fine plus the €5.7m in back taxes, €1m in accrued interest and €250-per-day for the 48 months covering the prison sentence.
This amount is likely to be only part of the striker's fines over the case, which are expected to rise to around €19m in total.
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