Israeli top model Bar Refaeli sentenced in tax evasion case

TEL AVIV – Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli was sentenced on Sunday to nine months’ community service and her mother was ordered to be jailed for 16 months for tax evasion on earnings from her international career.

The former Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model, now a popular TV personality in Israel, had pleaded guilty to tax offences under a plea bargain that also included her mother and agent, Tzipi Refaeli.Security for their court appearance on Sunday was tight, with barricades in the lobby marking a path to an elevator that took the pair to the courtroom.

“We love you Bar,” one woman shouted as both walked past cameras and reporters, without making any comment. Defence attorneys had argued that Refaeli, a papparazzi favourite during a romantic relationship with Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio, did not have to declare to Israeli tax authorities worldwide income between 2009 and 2012.

Now a 35-year-old mother of three and married to an Israeli businessman, she had contended she was living overseas at the time and exempt from any Israeli tax bills.

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