Lionel Messi Sentenced To 21 Months Imprisonment; Unlikely To End Up In Jail

Argentina superstar Lionel Messi has been sentenced to a 21-month jail for tax evasion, however, he's unlikely to go to prison.
The Barcelona aceman and his father, Jorge, both received the same sentence but under Spanish law a jail sentence
under two years for a first-time non-violent crime can be served on probation, meaning they are unlikely to go to jail.
A court at Barcelona found both Lionel and his Father, Jorge, guilty of three counts of tax fraud. The sentence can be
appealed through the Spanish supreme court, said a statement.
Messi has been Ordered to pay a fine of around £1.7m and his father to pay £1.27m. The case concluded on June 3, when prosecutors contended that Messi's father was the main person responsible for defrauding Spain's tax
authority of £3.19m from 2007-09.
Meanwhile , the legal representative for the tax office said the Barcelona forward knew enough to also be held accountable.
They both were accused of using tax havens in Uruguay and Belize to hide more than £3m in earnings from image rights from the Spanish tax authorities.
As the way things appear, Lionel Messi might not go to jail as he looks to forget and move on from the loss of the just concluded Copa America to Chile.