BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Soccer superstar Lionel Messi and his father went before a Spanish court to answer charges they evaded paying more than $6 million in taxes.
Prosecutors have accused Messi, a forward for Barcelona's La Liga club, and his father, Jorge, of using off-shore tax havens to avoid paying taxes in Spain on "image rights" income from 2007 through 2009, ESPN.com reported.