As Spain’s high-stakes criminal tax trial of Lionel Messi and his father continues, one of Messi’s defenses is that he didn’t read the documents. With over $70 million in annual income, Messi is #4 of top earning athletes according to Forbes. Yet, he and his father Jorge Horacio Messi could still face jail. Messi’s claims that he never looks at the contracts he signs may ring true, but is that enough? That defense usually isn’t enough with the IRS, even in court.
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