Jorge Horacio Messi

'Go play in Panama': Lionel Messi jeered during court appearance over tax fraud case

Argentina and Barcelona football star Lionel Messi, one of the world's highest-paid athletes, arrived Thursday at a Barcelona court to take the stand for the first time at his tax fraud trial in Spain.

Messi in a mess: Barcelona star absent as his tax fraud trial opens in Spain

Barcelona star Lionel Messi to confront 2013 tax-fraud allegations in Spanish court

Argentina star Lionel Messi, one of the world's highest-paid athletes, goes on trial in Barcelona on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding Spain of over four million euros in unpaid taxes.