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Cristiano Ronaldo avoids jail time but slammed for celebrating with airplane selfie

People set to fork over $21 million rarely find themselves in the mood to celebrate, but Cristiano Ronaldo had reason to be happy, given that he avoided a jail sentence while settling tax-fraud charges Tuesday in Spain.

Later in the day, though, Ronaldo sparked another wave of negative attention, after he tweeted a celebratory photo of himself in a private jet on his way back from Madrid. The Juventus forward was criticized for appearing insensitive to the plight of Emiliano Sala, an Argentinean soccer player who is feared dead after the small airplane he was in disappeared over the English Channel on Monday night.