Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, who pop star Madonna and Naomi Campbell among her friends, tries to be about alleged tax evasion, according to judicial sources, and a court filing seen by Reuters.
Milan Giuseppe Gennari judge gave the green light for prosecutors to put the duo in fashion at the court over alleged breaches of tax fraud totaling around 1 billion euros from 1.25 billion dollars).
The lengthy decision came after a higher court has reversed a previous contest payment of two glamorous designers that any wrongdoing.
"Everyone knows we have done nothing," Gabbana said in a tweet on Friday.
Milan prosecutors say, the duo had their fashion D & G Dolce & Gabbana and a holding company they do not pay in Luxembourg in 2004 and sold high taxes in Italy. The investigation began in 2007.
The designers were cleared of charges by a court in the past year, to the delight of many fans, who applauded the news on the Internet.
But prosecutors appealed against the decision and the Court of First Instance annulled the decision in November, request a new judge to decide whether the couple to send to a claim for unpaid taxes.
A court filing by Reuters saw confirmed the decision of the sources reported.
The case is still one of the few tax disputes, where celebrities go to court in Italy, where is outside settlement preferable to simplify the tedious process and to avoid possibly even harsher penalties.
In 2000, the late tenor Luciano Pavarotti, a dispute settled and 4 years has contributed more than $ 12 million in back taxes in Italy.
Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona has around 38 million euros in unpaid taxes to the Italian authorities, according to media reports. He recently said he wanted to clarify his situation.
The former MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi has agreed to pay $ 51 million to the Treasury of Italy in 2008 after a long probe.
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