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COLOMBIAN warbler Shakira, who has reportedly been on a date with F1 legend Lewis Hamilton, could face a date of a different kind.

The 46-year-old mother of two has had a second investigation into her tax affairs opened, which could lead to another court appearance. A court in Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, has started the case following a complaint from the Public Prosecutor’s Office.

She is accused of defrauding the Tax Agency in personal income tax and wealth tax for 2018. But no details of the sums involved have been given.

She was at the time living permanently in Barcelona with her ex, footballer Gerard Pique, 36, who is father to her children. Shakira is already set for a trial for allegedly failing to pay €14.5 million in taxes on income earned between 2012 and 2014.

She has denied those charges stating that she did not live in Spain during those years.

Prosecutors say she spent more than half of that period in the country and should have paid taxes to Spanish authorities, even though her official residence was in the Bahamas. The singer and the youngsters permanently left Barcelona earlier this year for a new life in Florida.

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