Shakira denies any wrongdoing in $16.4m tax evasion case

Singer Shakira Ripoll is denying any wrongdoing with regard to her tax evasion case in Spain.

Prosecutors charged the singer in December for not paying 14.5 million euros ($16.4 million) in taxes in Spain between 2012 and 2014, when she lived mostly in the country despite having an official residence in Panama.

Shakira testified before a judge about the case on Thursday and said that she began living in Spain in 2015 and currently has no debts to the tax agency.

In a statement released, her Public Relations firm said;

"Shakira has always, including in the period between 2011 and 2014, met her tax obligations in every country she has worked in."

It adds that "as soon as she was informed of the amount that according to Spain's Tax Office she should pay... Shakira paid that amount in its entirety."