Garzon, a left-wing politician, said, “In this country, if your name’s Messi, and you pay whatever money’s necessary and negotiate with his [Montoro’s] ministry, you don’t go to prison. That’s not justice; it’s unworthy of the name.”
Messi and his father were accused of not paying taxes of more than 4 million euros (£3.1 million) during the period of 2007 and 2009, including income related to Messi’s image rights, which consists of contracts with Banco Sabadell, Danone, Adidas, Pepsi-Cola, Proctor and Gamble, and the Kuwait Food Company.
Even though a penalty payment was made by the Argentine, charges were pressed against him, despite speculations of the player’s father, Jorge Horacio having a big hand in the controversy.
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