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FC Barcelona Star Messi Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison

© REUTERS / Albert Gea Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates at the end of their Spanish first division soccer match against Sevilla at Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona November 22, 2014
Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates at the end of their Spanish first division soccer match against Sevilla at Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona November 22, 2014 - Sputnik International
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Football star Lionel Messi and his father were sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax evasion.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Leo Messi and his father, Jorge Horacio, have been sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax evasion by the Court of Barcelona, local media reported on Wednesday.

​According to El Periodico de Catalunya, both Messi and his father will not be imprisoned as the jail term is less than 24 months, meaning it will be served under probation. They were previously accused of having evaded 4.1 million euros ($4.5 million) in taxes.

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