Bar Refaeli Signs Plea Bargain to Settle Tax Evasion Case
According to the Associated Press, supermodel Bar Refaeli signed a plea bargain agreement to settle her tax evasion case with Israeli authorities.
Bar is reportedly required to serve nine months of community service, while her mother and talent agent, Zipi Rafaeli, will spend 16 months in prison.
In case you forgot, Bar allegedly provided incorrect tax information based on her primary residence during the height of her career, including the time she famously dated Leonardo DiCaprio from 2006-2011, AP points out.
In Israel, residency is based on whether someone spends the majority of one calendar year in the country. But according to the report, Bar claimed she didn’t spend the majority of her in Israel while working in the early 2000s.
Israeli prosecutors disagreed and charged her with providing incorrect tax information. Turns out, they won.
Ouch! Well, we hope things work out as best as possible.