Sean Connery Involved In Shady Real Estate Deals
Sean Connery - The 80-year old former James Bond actor, Sean Connery, recently declined to appear in Spanish court as requested by a judge. According to the Associated Press, Sean Connery is involved in an allegedly shady real estate deal involving a beachfront mansion near Marbella. Sean Connery reportedly own the property and adjacent land which was re-zoned to allow condos to be built. The court officials haven't revealed much details, however, Spanish media reports claim that a judge is probing Sean for possible tax evasion.
There are additional reports that approximately 95 individuals have gone to trial over this case in the past month. Come on Sean Connery, pay what you owe!
Sir Sean Connery failed to appear at a court hearing in Spain on Friday, claiming he was too old to travel.
By Anita Singh, Showbusiness Editor
Published: 3:03PM BST 15 Oct 2010
The 80-year-old James Bond actor was summoned to testify in a corruption case involving the sale of his beachside home on Spain's Costa del Sol.
However, officials said he had sent a letter to the court in Marbella explaining that he could not travel due to his age and health issues. The news came as a surprise to fans who saw the actor fly in for the Edinburgh Film Festival in June. He launched the event by dancing a jig for the television cameras.
In April, he was well enough to attend a New York fashion show in aid of his Friends of Scotland charity.
Sir Sean and his second wife, Micheline Roquebrune, have not been charged with any offence but were summoned to give evidence in the 'Goldfinger' case, so code-named after the actor's 1964 Bond film.
Magistrates are investigating allegations of tax evasion and money-laundering involving an area of land on which the couple previously had a home.
They sold the property in 1999 for a reported £5.5 million. A developer later built a four-storey block of holiday apartments on the site, which sold for an estimated £45 million. Investigators claim there were irregularities in the reclassification of the land after the actor sold it, and police raided the offices of Sir Sean's law firm, Diaz-Basten & Truan. Several local council officials are also being investigated.
Sir Sean is based in the Bahamas and also owns an apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
He has had brushes with ill health in the past - in 2006 he underwent surgery to remove a tumour from his kidney, and in an interview with a magazine last year he said: "I have a heart condition and am not supposed to take much alcohol. But I do drink red wine [because it is] good for the health."
Chief of Staff, 007's gone round the bend. Says someone's been trying to feed him a poisoned banana. Fellow's lost his nerve. Been in the hospital too long. Better call him home.
Dr. No wrote:That's what I think is happening too. He doesn't seem to be involved beyond he sold he property to people who did something crooked afterwards. I think he is a famous name to grab attention, maybe Spain wants to try to squeeze a few million out of him as a fine they are bankrupt after all. Thats what governments try to do whne they find themselves going under they increase fines and target people and corporations they think can afford to pay them off to make the headache go away.
Sir Sean is based in the Bahamas and also owns an apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
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