Real Madrid Manager Carlo Ancelotti On Defense In Response To Tax Evasion Charges

Ancelotti's tax trial wraps up in Spain with prosecutors seeking jail

MADRID: Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti’s tax fraud trial wrapped up Thursday in Spain, with public prosecutors seeking he be jailed for four years and nine months for allegedly hiding income from the tax office. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

The tax fraud trial against Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti ended in Spain on Thursday, with prosecutors demanding that he be jailed for four years and nine months for allegedly...

Trainer Carlo Ancelotti of Real Madrid is faced with a possible prison sentence of four years and nine months for tax evasion. The prosecutor's office claims fraud and cover-up.

On Thursday, April 3rd, four years and nine months in prison against the famous Italian coach, who was accused of having cheated more than €1 million on the Treasury during his first visit to Madrid between 2013 and 2015.

Spanish prosecutors are sticking to a four-year, nine-month prison sentence against Carlo Ancelotti in a court case for failing to declare part of his income from 2014 and 2015.

The decision of the High Court in Madrid, before which the Italian appeared since Wednesday, was upheld, reports AFP, quoted by Mediafax. On Wednesday, Carlo Ancelotti, whose lawyer pleaded for his acquittal, insisted that he "never thought of committing fraud", emphasizing that the football club itself was the one who proposed this system to him to pay part of his salary. The Italian Ancelotti is the latest of several football celebrities to be…