Maradona's Diamond Earrings Auctioned to Help Pay Off Great Tax Debt

Two diamond earrings belonging to Argentinean soccer sensation, Diego Maradona, was sold for $36,400 at an auction on Thursday, Jan 14th. The impressive diamond earrings, whose pre-sale guestimated worth amounted to roughly $8,000, were snatched by the Italian govt to try to recover the football star's huge $54 million tax debt. Regardless of the proven fact that the winning bid on Maradona's diamond earrings was just about 5 times higher than the pre-sale guesstimate, let's be truthful : it hardly makes a dent in the exceptional debt Maradona has been able to accumulate. allegedly, Italian authorities can't simply have the sports legend arrested since the criminal case for his tax evasion has lapsed according to Italy's statute of restrictions. Therefore , Italian tax authorities have been made to come up with more creative methods of recovering the football star's debt, like occasionally fits of random items ( like costly diamond jewellery ) that might or might not earn them money.