Actress Emma Watson has denied that she has participated in any form of tax evasion after she was named among the 200,000 accounts in the Panama Papers database.
The Panama Papers leak implicates a large number of wealthy individuals who used the services of a Panamanian law firm to store their wealth in offshore accounts. Although the activity wasn’t illegal, much of it was seen as equivalent to tax evasion.
“Emma receives absolutely no tax or monetary advantages from this offshore company whatsoever - only privacy,” a spokesman for the actress said, the Telegraph reports.
The spokesman said that Watson had her safety “jeopardized” when UK companies published details of her finances.
