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Bar Refaeli fined £575,000 for tax evasion

The Israeli supermodel was also sentenced to nine months of community service

July 21, 2020 08:28
Bar Refaeli (left) with her mother Tzipi in 2017
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The Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli was fined £575,000 and given nine months of community service by a Tel Aviv court on Monday after admitting tax evasion.

Her mother Tzipi Refaeli Levine, a former model, received a 16-month jail term for her involvement.

Refaeli was also ordered to pay back over £3 millions of pounds in taxes owed to the state.

Wearing a mask in court, the 35-year-old celebrity, who presented the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel last year, expressed regret for her actions.

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