Barcelona soccer player Messi loses appeal in tax fraud trial

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[May 24, 2017]    MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Barcelona soccer star Lionel Messi and stood by a Catalan regional court's 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud, court documents showed.

\Barcelona’s Lionel Messi looks dejected after the match Reuters / Albert Gea

Messi was found guilty by a Catalan court last July on three counts of tax fraud between 2007 and 2009.

Messi's lawyer was not immediately available for comment.

(Reporting By Raquel Castillo; Editing by Sonya Dowsett)

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