MADRID – Spain's High Court has acquitted Colombian pop star Shakira of tax fraud and overturned the 55 million euro ($64 million) fine imposed in 2021 by the Spanish tax agency.

A Spanish court has ordered the country's tax authority to refund €55m (£48m, $64m) to singer Shakira after ruling that the money was improperly collected in a dispute over her taxes.

Following the ruling, Shakira said in a message to the Spanish media that she had now been vindicated after “more than eight years of brutal public shaming” and a campaign to destroy her reputation.