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Ronaldo ready to pay 14.7 million euros in Spanish tax fraud case - media

MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo is ready to pay Spain's tax authorities 14.7 million euros (£12.9 million) - the amount he has been accused of defrauding by a prosecutor - ahead of a court hearing next month, Spanish state TV said on Wednesday.

Ronaldo ready to pay 14.7 million euros in Spanish tax fraud case - media
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Broadcaster TVE said, without identifying its sources, the 32-year-old would make this payment as a gesture of good will.

The report added Rolando will reiterate at a hearing on July 31 that he is innocent and has never hidden any income from the taxman or committed any tax fraud in Spain.

Representatives for Ronaldo declined to comment.

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The Spanish prosecutor says the Real Madrid forward knowingly used a business structure to hide his image rights income in Spain between 2011 and 2014. Ronaldo has denied the charges.

(Reporting by Julien Toyer, editing by Pritha Sarkar)


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