Miguel Bosé

In 2024, Nacho Palau announced new legal action against Miguel Bosé, accusing him of failing to comply with contact and communication arrangements established in the earlier family proceedings and claiming that he was unable to exercise his parental role in relation to Bosé's children.

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Alleged

Following their separation, Nacho Palau sought legal recognition of both himself and Miguel Bosé as fathers of the four children raised during their relationship, two being biologically related to each man. The first-instance, appeal and Supreme Courts rejected this dual parentage, finding that an emotional and social relationship alone was insufficient and that adoption would have been the appropriate legal route.

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Documented

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Personally implicated

The tax authorities challenged VAT deductions made through Costaguana, a company belonging to Miguel Bosé, on expenses considered personal: Iberian food products, physiotherapy, personal trainer, domestic services, garden, cars and home security. The authorities sought approximately 55,350 euros in tax adjustments and a 23,537 euro penalty. The High Court of Justice of Madrid rejected the appeal and upheld the basis of the reassessment.

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Personally implicated

In separate proceedings concerning personal income tax (IRPF) and the valuation of services provided to Costaguana, the authorities considered that Miguel Bosé had used an intermediary company to have a substantial share of his income taxed at company level rather than as personal income. The High Court of Justice of Madrid dismissed his appeal and upheld reassessed taxable income, notably 909,377 euros in 2010 and 266,142 euros in 2011.

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Personally implicated

During the pandemic, Miguel Bosé published and repeated claims questioning the reality or management of COVID-19 and linking vaccines, Bill Gates, GAVI, microtechnologies and 5G. Several fact-checking organisations documented that numerous claims were false, unsupported or scientifically unfounded.

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Documented

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Personally implicated

In an extensive 2021 interview, Miguel Bosé described consuming large quantities of cocaine for years, up to approximately two grams per day, as well as cannabis and ecstasy. He explained that he had stopped using these substances several years earlier.

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Admitted by the person

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Personally implicated

The Pandora Papers revealed that Miguel Bosé had been a shareholder in a company registered in Panama, administered through an arrangement linked to a Swiss bank and other international structures. The company's existence and historic connection to the singer renewed questions about his asset-holding and tax structures.

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Documented

Miguel Bosé first appeared on Spain's public list of major tax debtors in 2018, with a debt of 1.86 million euros as at 31 December 2017. He no longer appeared on the list published in 2019, following a sufficient reduction or regularisation of his debt.

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Documented

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Personally implicated