Lionel Messi insisted to the Judge in a
Barcelona court that he knew nothing about
evading €4m in tax from image rights as he
was only focused on football and trusted his
father and lawyers to handle the financial
aspect of his career.
The Barcelona FC Star is being tried in court
for tax evasion totaling €4million and together
with his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, declined
to take questions from the state prosecutors
but gave testimony in the court in Barcelona
claiming ignorance of his tax affairs, the
same defense strategy he used in 2013 while
in court for tax evasion.
He and his father Jorge stand accused of
defrauding Spain of over €4million in taxes by
using offshore companies in Uruguay and
Belize to conceal image rights earnings in
the period 2007-2009.
“I didn’t know anything, all I know
about is playing football and winning. I
left it all to my Dad,” Messi said,
wearing a dark suit and tie. I only
knew that sponsors would pay X
amount of money, that I had to do
adverts, photos and things like that.”
continued Messi, according to quotes
gotten by Mirror Sports.
“I never read anything… I would sign
where [the lawyers]said. I signed [the
adidas contract]when I was 18, I was
in another world.”
Jorge Messi, had earlier said he didn’t realise
the Belize company that managed image
rights deals didn’t pay taxes in Spain, and
that he never informed his son, Messi of the
details of sponsorship deals saying all he’s
ever wanted to do was to make Messi’s life
easier..
“Since the start of Leo’s career I only
tried to make his life easier,” he said.
Leo knew nothing of these companies.
He didn’t read the contracts. They
needed his signature, he went and
signed but he didn’t read anything and
nor did anyone explain it to him.”


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Is that what your lawyer advised you to say?