Cristiano Ronaldo escapes 23-month prison fined $ 21 million

The striker and former Real Madrid Juventus player, Cristiano Ronaldo, leaves his Spanish wife, Georgina Rodriguez, on January 22, 2019, after going to a tax evasion hearing in Madrid. – A heavy fine should be imposed on Ronaldo. The advisers reached an agreement to settle the claims concealing the revenues generated by the image rights while playing for Real Madrid. (Photo: AFP)

A Spanish regional court on Tuesday sentenced former Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo to 23 months in jail and fined him 18.8 million euros ($ 21.44 million) for fraud. tax, although the world-renowned football player does not go behind bars prison sentences of less than two years are not normally served in Spain.

Ronaldo The sentence was handed down after he had reached an agreement with the public prosecutor's office in which he admitted to having committed four tax offenses between 2011 and 2014 and for which he had been sentenced to appear in person before the Madrid Regional Court to hear his conviction, reports Efe News.

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Prosecutors estimated that Ronaldo had defrauded about 14.7 million euros, although they have reduced that figure to 5.7 million euros after the Portuguese star had accepted the plea.

After being refused by a judge, he asked the Madrid court to enter the Madrid court by the garage in order to prevent the searchlights from being aimed at him. The football star arrived with his partner in front of a crowd of journalists and enthusiastic fans.

Ronaldo's former colleague and ex-Spanish international Xabi Alonso also appeared in Madrid court, where prosecutors sought a five-year prison sentence and a € 4 million fine for three counts of escape tax that would have been committed between 2010-12.

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Unlike Ronaldo, the Basque player maintained his innocence.

The Portuguese star, who was a mainstay of Real Madrid's offensive lineup between 2009 and 2014, joined Juventus in Serie A this summer.

Between interest and fines, the winner of the Ballon d'Or five times will have to hand over nearly 19 million euros to the Treasury.

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Ronaldo and Alonso join other footballers such as Luka Modric, Marcelo, Radamel Falcao, Angel Di Maria and Javier Mascherano to accept a plea agreement with the Spanish authorities for crimes against the public treasury.