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Val Kilmer Owes The U.S. Government $500,000

andPOP Staff — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:04:41 +0000

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Wesley Snipes and Val Kilmer must use the same accountant. Val could be joining Wesley in jail unless he coughs up $498,165 in back taxes to the federal government.

DetNews.com is reporting the I.R.S. filed a lien against Kilmer for $498,165 in New Mexico where the actor owns a huge ranch.

Kilmer has been down the unpaid tax road before. In 2009 he settled another tax issue with the U.S. Government.

It’s touch to be rich!

Wesley Snipes will finally be behind Bars

Lauren Treihaft — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:30:27 +0000

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The vampire slaying Wesley Snipes is set to be incarcerated by next week. As reported by TMZ.com, the Feds have finally set a deadline for the actor to check into a Pennsylvania prison. He is set to begin his three-year prison sentence for tax evasion on December 9th.

Snipes only has a week left before he is donning that lovely orange jumpsuit. Wonder what he will do with a week’s worth of “free time” on his hands?

The actor, who has tried to appeal his sentence multiple times, apparently received a lofty warning from the U.S. Marshals Service. They are threatening him with additional criminal charges if he fails to appear at the designated place and time on December 9th.

I guess the actor is no longer “Unstoppable”. Maybe some time behind bars will be good for Snipes. He’ll have a lot of time to think about his wrongdoings. Yes Snipes, tax evasion is wrong.

Wesley Snipes is Going to Prison… Finally

Jacob Morris — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:25:45 +0000

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Wesley Snipes was found guilty in federal court on tax evasion charges in 2008 and has since been appealing the conviction. He was sentenced to 3 years in prison, but up until now he hasn’t served one day.

For over two years Snipes had been trying to stay out of the slammer, but the actor was taken into custody earlier today after a judge ordered Snipes to quit playing games and do his time.

TMZ confirmed the news with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Snipes is said to be “in transit” to a federal prison—where he will start his 3 year sentence.

Prosecutors Want Wesley Snipes In Jail Now!

andPOP Staff — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:59:31 +0000

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The United States government wants Wesley Snipes put in jail immediately for tax evasion, reports TMZ.

Wesley was convicted for tax evasion in May 2008 for evading $12,000,000 in taxes. Florida prosecutors are tired of waiting around, and now want Snipes to begin his jail sentence. They’re asking the judge to “immediately revoke Wesley Trent Snipes’s bail and order him to surrender.

Wesley Snipes Faces Three Years Behind Bars

Joelle Tomlinson — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:57:36 +0000

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It 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.

Wesley Snipes Gets Time For Tax Evasion

andPOP Staff — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:04:40 +0000

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Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday for tax evasion.

He was not forced to surrender immmediately, but must surrender at a later date closer to his New Jersey home.

The actor was given the maximum sentence possible after prosecutors called him a “truly notorious offender.”

“Snipes’ long prison sentence should send a loud and crystal clear message to all tax defiers that is they engage in similar tax defier conduct, they face joining him and his co-defendants … as inmates in prison,” said Nathan J. Hochman, Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Justice Department’s Tax Divison.

Snipes was convicted in February on three charges for not filing his taxes. According to reports, Snipes dodged $15 million in tax by hiding millions offshore and falsely applied for tax refunds.

Snipes has starred in Blade, White Men Can’t Jump, and Demolition Man.

Snipes to Continue Film Shoot Despite Tax Fraud

andPOP Staff — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:04:41 +0000

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Wesley Snipes will continue to shoot the movie “Gallowwalker” in Namibia despite being charged for tax fraud in the U.S.

Snipes, who is best known for his role in the vampire action flick, “Blade,” plays a cursed gunman whose victims pull a “Night of the Living Dead” and come back to haunt him in “Gallowwalker.”

CBC reports that the film’s producer, Joanne Reay, made a statement Monday regarding the charges and their effect on the film shoot.

“We are aware of the issue around the tax charges but we are not discussing it,” Reay said.

Snipes was charged with eight counts of tax fraud on Oct. 17 in Tampa, Fla. after authorities discovered that the actor had illegally received $12 million US in tax refunds between 1996 and 1997.

It appears that U.S. authorities will not travel to Namibia to arrest him.