Tax Evasion Charges Dropped in Lionel Messi Case
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has seen tax charges against him dropped by Spanish authorities.
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Prosecutors in Spain have dropped tax charges against Barcelona star Lionel Messi but are pushing for an 18-month jail sentence for the player's father Jorge.
The pair were initially accused of defrauding the Spanish authorities of €4.1million by using a complex network of companies to sell Messi's image rights in Uruguay, Belize, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
But prosecutors have now cleared the player on grounds of age and placed all responsibility on his father, who they claim had "the control of his tax obligations".