The star, who is known for hits like Hips Don’t Lie and Wherever, Whenever, added: “There was never any fraud, and the Administration itself could never prove otherwise, simply because it wasn’t true.
“Yet, for nearly a decade, I was treated as guilty. Every step of the process was leaked, distorted, and amplified, using my name and public image to send a threatening message to the rest of the taxpayers.
“Today, that narrative crumbles, and it does so with the full force of a court ruling.”
She dedicated her victory to the “thousands of ordinary citizens” made to similarly prove their innocence at “the cost of economic and emotional ruin”.