The Real Madrid forward's representatives have denied accusations which
claimed he defrauded Spanish authorities out of over €14 millionCristiano
Ronaldo has issued his first response to the tax fraud complaint made
against him, saying sometimes the best answer is "to be quiet".
Ronaldo's
representatives have strongly denied an accusation that the Real Madrid
forward concealed earnings and defrauded the Spanish tax authorities
out of €14.7million.
Madrid expressed "full confidence" in the Portugal international in a
statement on Wednesday and the 32-year-old has now issued his own
response.
In making his comment on Instagram, Ronaldo, who is preparing for the
Confederations Cup, posted an image showing himself in a Portugal
t-shirt with his finger to his lips, gesturing silence. The caption
read: "Sometimes the best answer it's [sic] to be quiet."
Prosecutors in Madrid filed a complaint to a court in
Pozuelo de Alarcon on Tuesday that accused the four-time Ballon d'Or
winner of a "voluntary" and "conscious" breach of his tax obligations.
The complaint alleged Ronaldo created a "business structure" in 2010
to conceal earnings from image rights between 2011 and 2014.
However,
Gestifute – the company owned by the 32-year-old's agent Jorge Mendes –
released a statement detailing their client's arrangements for payments
related to his image rights and insisted "there has never been
concealment, or the slightest intention to conceal".
Gestifute said the company, Tollin, does not amount to an offshore
structure for evading taxes and was established in 2004 when Ronaldo
signed for Manchester United.
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