Wesley SnipesIt turns out Wesley Snipe’s bad boy TV persona transfers over to the real world as well.

The actor is facing up to three years in prison as a result for avoiding taxes for five years. According to E! online, the attorneys for the star have filed an appeal against the incarceration time, claiming that the sentence is “unreasonable.” They are also arguing that the tax-evasion trial, which took place in Florida in February (finding Snipes guilty on three charges), should have taken place in New York.

Apparently, Snipes, who made an estimated $13.8 million over the past three years, owes the IRS millions of dollars. Peter Goldberger, Snipes’ attorney, said “The right to a correct venue is part and parcel to the right to a jury trial” (eonline.com). Snipe himself did not show up for the hearings, but is roaming around after paying for his $1 million bond after appealing the sentence.

It doesn’t appear as though the court system is in favor of the face behind the “Blade” trilogy. The consensus on the behalf of the U.S. attorney, Patricia Barksdale, was that he received a fair trial and sentence in accordance with his tax evasion, and it looks as though prison bars are looming in this actor’s future.






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