Shakira is one step closer to facing trial in Spain for alleged tax fraud against the Spanish Public Treasury, according to a resolution published on Tuesday.
A judge in Barcelona ordered the case to go to trial, but no date has yet been set. Spanish prosecutors allege Shakira failed to pay personal income and wealth tax between 2012 and 2014, currently worth $15.8 million, an allegation she has denied.
Shakira called the allegations "false" in an interview with Elle magazine earlier this month, saying "I paid everything they said I owed, even before they filed a lawsuit."
Spanish authorities claim she lived in Spain over 183 days a year between 2011 and 2014, but Shakira denied this in the interview with Elle. Her lawyers have stated that her primary residence during that time was the Bahamas.
Prosecutors are seeking an eight-year prison sentence, plus fines, if she is convicted.
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