This Thursday, the French Justice Department sentenced the award-winning actress to two years in prison, with a suspended sentence, and a fine of 250,000 euros ($273,000). Isabelle Adjani by tax fraud and money laundering.
Adjani was convicted of declaring a donation of two million euros ($2.18 million) as a loan, pretending to live in Portugal in 2016 and 2017, and transferring 120,000 euros ($130,000) through a US account. undeclared.
The court stressed the “seriousness of the facts” qThey allowed him to avoid paying 236,000 euros for income tax and 1.2 million euros for property transfer tax.
“These facts demonstrate Isabelle Adjani’s desire to conceal the tax administration” and “seriously undermine the equality of citizens” before the treasury, declared the president of the court. “An actress with obvious talent is also a contributor”stated the magistrate.
Her lawyer Olivier Pardo stressed that Adjani, who always defended her innocence, “did not ask to be judged better” given her notoriety and added that “with confidence and determination, they will present an appeal.”