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  • Popular singer Shakira (full names Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll) is alleged to have evaded tax payments in Spain, and authorities say she would likely get a prison sentence. Image: Shakira The Hips Don’t Lie singer is under investigations for her earnings between 2011 to 2014. According the Spanish media, Shakira avoided payments estimated in millions of pounds,…

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  • Soccer star Lionel Messi just lost his Supreme Court appeal over all alleged tax fraud, and the player has been sentenced to 21 months in jail. Messi, 29, was sentenced in Spain for failing to pay a total tax amount of £3.5m but the Barcelona hit man is unlikely to spend a day behind bars. Spanish laws…

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  • A woman who got married to her son in 1998, divorced him 2 years later, and waited for another 6 years before marrying daughter, is now facing threats of life in prison for incest. Image shows mom-of-two Patricia and son Jody who were married back in 2008. The Oklahoma woman named Patricia Spann, 43, married 25-year-old…

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  • Famous Congolese music icon Koffi Olomide has been sentenced to 18 months behind bars without an option of fines. The jail term was issued by a Kinshasa court, reports from Nairobi confirm. Image: Koffi Olomide The popular musician lost his mind in a brawl with one of his dancers, as the troupe landed at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta…

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