Posted on 01/16/2008 3:08:55 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
MIAMI — Hot-shot action hero Wesley Snipes faces losing his movie fortune and possibly a lengthy prison stay for his failure to pay income taxes for the years 1999-2004, according to legal experts.
The star of such films as the “Blade” trilogy and director Spike Lee’s “Jungle Fever” is charged in an Ocala, Fla., court with conspiring to defraud the U.S. government, filing a false claim for $11 million in refunds for the years 1996 and 1997 and for not filing tax returns for six years beginning in 1999.
The first two charges are considered felony offenses for which the actor could get up to 16 years in prison. The third charge for not filing claims for six years is a civil charge, according to one expert, and does not carry a prison sentence, though Snipes would be responsible for paying back taxes and fines if he is found guilty.
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What he said. The filing part is the kicker. If you didn’t file in 1985, I reckon they can come after you for that.
I heard yesterday on the radio that Willie Nelson is in trouble ‘again’ for not paying his taxes.
Oh me!
Ah. Thanks for correcting my misconception.
Maybe it will prompt Willie into recording some new music. I have just about worn out all his old ones.
I have been a Willie Nelson fan since before he started smoking dope and that would have been back in the 40’s.
LOL!
Hollywood types never get the “book thrown” at them. His lawyers will plead down. He won’t serve a day in jail
I don’t think Willie sang that. I cannot remember what his song was but he couldn’t have been more than 16 and I was about 6.
Does the IRS going after Wesley Snipes count as black on black crime?
Yeah right, they can put in OJ’s cell!!
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