MADRID (Reuters) – Colombian singer Shakira and FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique are separating, the couple confirmed in an announcement by way of their PR company on Saturday seen by Reuters.
“We remorse to verify that we’re separating. For the wellbeing of our youngsters, who’re our highest precedence, we ask that you just respect their privateness,” the assertion mentioned.
Shakira, 45, and Pique, 35, have been collectively since 2011 and have two youngsters. They met shortly earlier than the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, when he featured within the music video for Shakira’s “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)”, the event’s official track.
The “Hips Don’t Lie” singer is going through a trial over alleged tax fraud costs in Spain after she misplaced an enchantment on May 26. Prosecutors declare she failed to pay up to 14.5 million euros ($15.54 million) in tax on earnings earned between 2012 and 2014.
Her authorized group mentioned in assertion they are going to maintain defending her case with stable authorized arguments.
“Shakira’s conduct on tax issues has at all times been impeccable in all of the nations she had to pay taxes and she has trusted and adopted faithfully the suggestions of the perfect specialists and advisers,” the assertion mentioned.
(Reporting by Jessica Jones; Editing by Christina Fincher)
