Overview
- Prosecutors in Paris asked Thursday for 18 to 24 months of probationary suspended prison, a €250,000 fine with immediate enforcement, and two years of ineligibility for public office.
- The case is on appeal from an October 2023 conviction that gave Adjani a two-year suspended sentence and a €250,000 fine, after hearings that were postponed in February over a request for help from Portugal.
- Judges are reviewing allegations that she falsely claimed Portuguese tax residence in 2016–2017 to avoid about €236,000 in income tax, treated a €2 million payment in 2013 as a loan to dodge roughly €1.2 million in transfer duties, and moved €119,000 through an undeclared U.S. account in 2014.
- Adjani told the court she never filled out tax forms and called herself a target for scams, while her lawyer sought an acquittal and blamed advisers for faulty filings.
- The court set July 1 for its decision, which could trigger fast collection of the fine and a two-year ineligibility period if it follows the prosecutor’s request, in a case first probed after her name appeared in the 2016 Panama Papers.