wesley don`t fear denzel and woody are here

[yorrick brown]

Blade himself is up on tax fraud charges,so he called in some of his mates to help him out.

from tmz

Noted pothead Woody Harrelson wrote about racism. Going well off-track, Woody recounted how he was shooting "Wildcats" and that he and Goldie Hawn were the only Caucasians on the production team. Harrelson said a few of the folks were fans of Louis Farrakhan. Woody wrote, "It was the first time I experienced racism toward me."

Denzel Washington says that Wes is like "a tree -- a mighty oak." What the hell does he mean by that, and how's it gonna keep Wesley out of the Big House?

Then there's Judge Greg Mathis, who says: "Unfortunately, it was his honest nature that forced him into these legalities" and "I can say from my personal experience as a Judge that people are always trying to manipulate and defraud people with a high profile status."

And Judge Joe Brown, who says Wesley is "one of those rare individuals possessed of an extremely developed social conscience."

Snipes faces three years in prison. Sentencing is set for tomorrow. Good luck, dude


click here to read them

http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/0423_snipes_wm.pdf

[Lindsey]

Snipes will get off...

He didn't pay his taxes for years! He deserves whatever he gets.

[JJFlamingo]

Nothing wrong with going to bat for a top friend...

[DaveyJoeG]

That article didn't make any sense to me.:confused:

[Lindsey]

Yeah, TMZ sometimes is weird. Here's another article:

(From sun-sentinel) (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/orl-bk-wesley-snipes-trial-042308,0,6933258.story)
OCALA - Defense lawyers for actor Wesley Snipes called upon his Hollywood friends Wednesday as they lobbied a judge to put Snipes on probation for tax crimes, suggesting that imprisoning the film star would be a "travesty."

In a memorandum filed in advance of Thursday's sentencing in federal court in Ocala, the defense team attached character-building testimonials for Snipes from fellow actors Denzel Washington and Woody Harrelson.

The documents also include a letter of support from TV's "Judge Joe Brown."

Washington compared Snipes to a "mighty oak" while Harrelson, who co-starred with Snipes in "Wildcats," "White Men Can't Jump," and "Money Train," praised the Orlando-born actor as his friend of more than 20 years.

Read the rest of the article here:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/orl-bk-wesley-snipes-trial-042308,0,6933258.story

So basically Snipes is in a whole heap of shit and is asking his celeb pals to write good things about him.

[the clever guy]

"travesty?"


why?

are you fucking kidding/serious? i mean, don't get me wrong...he's a cool actor and such...but a travesty? what the fuck has he done that ANYONE would remotely consider this a travesty? i don't think he's got enough direct-to-dvd movies coming out and/or being filmed where productions on all projects would consider this situation to be a travesty.


now i'm in a pissy mood for reading that ONE sentence.

what a fucking crock.

[EVILxxx]

That article didn't make any sense to me.:confused:
I'm glad I'm not the only one. This is what really David Lynched me though: Then there's Judge Greg Mathis, who says: "Unfortunately, it was his honest nature that forced him into these legalities" and "I can say from my personal experience as a Judge that people are always trying to manipulate and defraud people with a high profile status."

Reading this invoked the feeling I had when that homeless... thing popped out in Mulholland Drive.

[DaveyJoeG]

Yeah, TMZ sometimes is weird. Here's another article:

So basically Snipes is in a whole heap of shit and is asking his celeb pals to write good things about him.

Thanks Lindsey, that was one surreal article. Especially when Judge Joe Brown popped up.

[The Postmaster General]

Yeah, but the article says nothing about what the tax charges entail. There's a huge difference between claiming that you run an orphanage and cheating the IRS, and getting involved in a business deal with someone who's cheating the IRS. Well, unless of course your business deal involved a orphanage, but alas...

I don't see what the problem with this. It just seems like if you are a celebrity, everyone thinks you are some big asshole either way. On one said you have Hliton spending no time in jail for endangering the roads of Cali, no one vouching for her, Lohan walking into a poice station with coke in her cooch, and her getting off on a blow job and a $5 fine... Then you have Wesley Snipes, who no one exactly knows what he did, other than it involves getting in trouble with the biggest fuck you to the American people since 40 acres and a mule, you have a lot of people we generally speak well of or not at all on these boards stepping up to vouch for the guy --- but it's such a big fucking disgrace if Snipes doesn't serve time... Even though probably over 10,000 people settle their way out of jailtime every year and the only exception is that TMZ isn't writing them out to be pricks for it.

And this fucking piece of trash TMZ... "Going well off-track, Woody recounted how he was shooting "Wildcats" and that he and Goldie Hawn were the only Caucasians on the production team."

What a bunch of asshole clown hack writers who apparently read as many words as people do in the Best/Favorites forum on Joblo.com... Harrelson very well did not go off track --- He made a statement saying that there was racial charged situations on the set of the movie, and Snipes, the apparent nice guy he is, helped him through it and became his friend... Exactly HOW is that going off track???

Assholes.

Either way, I'd like to know exactly what Snipes did before I get on TMZ's bandwagon, or any gossip rag for that matter. It's not like he's fucking Al Capone, or some shit. Then I'd say send him to jail, because necrophilia is really sick.

I really dig Mathis and Judge Joe Brown, which has nothing to do with my opinion on this --- It only reinforces my opinion of them, that they are willing to stick up for a friend whom they feel did nothing deserving of jail time.

That being said, man I love the way Joe Brown talks/writes. He reminds me of a risk management administrator. All bases are covered.

[DaveyJoeG]

TMZ can now officially include BubbaStrangelove in its list of Wesley Snipes supporters. :p

[MoovEDude]

Yay for anyone who can fuck the fed, keep their money and get away with it

[the clever guy]

TMZ can now officially include BubbaStrangelove in its list of Wesley Snipes supporters. :p

how? from what i got from it he's neither for or against the thing. he clearly explained that he wanted to know exactly what he did...because lets be honest, TMZ isn't the greatest thing in the world. i exclaimed that i like wesley snipes, he seems like a generally cool guy and a good actor...but this "tax fuck up" is something he should definetly serve time for and i think it's bullshit if he gets off because he has friends that are famous that say nice things about him. then again, even I could be wrong.

[The Postmaster General]

TMZ can now officially include BubbaStrangelove in its list of Wesley Snipes supporters. :p

My letter would dwarf Judge Joe Brown's, but would be totally incoherent. ;)

how? from what i got from it he's neither for or against the thing. he clearly explained that he wanted to know exactly what he did...because lets be honest, TMZ isn't the greatest thing in the world. i exclaimed that i like wesley snipes, he seems like a generally cool guy and a good actor...but this "tax fuck up" is something he should definetly serve time for and i think it's bullshit if he gets off because he has friends that are famous that say nice things about him. then again, even I could be wrong.

Exactly. I'm not even really a fan of Snipes. The only things I can honestly think of off hand is White Men Can't Jump and Blade. I know he's done a lot of stuff, but I can't think of it. I've never paid much attention to him. I know he gets more credit than just those two... Oh right, New Jack City. that was a good flick too, but he was my list favorite part of it probably.

The thing about this crime, without actually knowing the details, is that soooo many people get breaks for cheating taxes. The IRS doesn't *really* want to send people to jail. They want to collect their money. You can't fine someone and charge them interest if you've already pressed criminal charges on them. This is why every year, I think in every city, they print the names of all the people delinquent on taxes, or who owe taxes. They do this instead of just going to arrest them, because they want those people's money, not to punish them.

Cheating taxes is a bit steeper, but even still, this is something else people get busted for very frequently, and again, it's usually about making amends more than serving time.

The thing is with what I'm seeing is that so many stars get off for crimes waaaayyyy worse than this (murder, drunk driving) and get off. At least with Snipes, he has supporters who are standing behind him because of his character. It's really not just because they are his "star friends"... You and I could get character witnesses. That happens all the time too, but we don't know any famous people; however, that shouldn't matter to a judge.

Really though, think of all these celebrities that people think are assholes... Let's say Mel Gibson... How many people stand up to go on and on about what a great guy he is? Maybe that's a bad example, but do you get what I'm saying? I don't think all of those people would have written those letters about Snipes for no reason -- the things that are said in there aren't exactly something you would just make up about someone, and look at how in depth they all went.

I don't know what Snipes did exactly, but do feel those letters are a good indication of his character. Based on my feelings about the people who wrote the letters (the two TV judges...) I feel it's the real deal.

Like you said though, anyone could be wrong about this because the tabloids only report enough to make the story inticing. The way they portrayed Woody Harrelson really kind of bothered me because when I read their account, I was picturing old woody stoned out of his gourd rambling on and oon....,. It wasn't anything like that. what they did borders on libel just enough to be sleezy but not enough to really count.

[The Postmaster General]

Just looked it up.

Apparently he had underage girls in a basement forcing them to fill out his taxes, and when one did it incorrectly at the IRS notified him, he responded by sending them the girl's finger.

No?

Okay, he didn't file income taxes for 3 years.

No problems.

[DaveyJoeG]

My comments were made in jest. I agree that TMZ is not even close to a respectful ...publication? It's a celebrity gossip website, anything they say should be taken with a grain of salt. I've got nothing against Snipes and I see no point in demonizing him when celebrities are getting off for crimes that actually put people in danger such as drunk driving. I have noticed a trend of people calling for blood when a celebrity gets into legal trouble. Myself I try to refrain from casting any stones because most of us live in glass houses these days. Most everybody does something that's illegal at some point in their lives. A lot of us brush it off as a victim-less crime, whether it's smoking pot or downloading a movie off of the internet; it's illegal and we could get into trouble for it. The latter is a big one for this generation, how many of us have honestly never downloaded copyrighted material? We'll leave that as a rhetorical question, perhaps I've said too much already..

[MadsenOMC]

He got the maximum, 36 months.

http://www.wesh.com/news/15979487/detail.html

[yorrick brown]

He got the maximum, 36 months.

http://www.wesh.com/news/15979487/detail.html


no this can`t be right he`s a celeb.oh wait he was a celeb till he made blade 3.


"always bet on black." well not always!!!,lets hope his kung fu comes in handy at shower time.

[Drewza89]

I guess he'll be doing more Blade movies when he gets out of the slammer to generate some income. Fine by me, I thought Blade: Trinity was a poor ending for such a cool franchise.

[MadsenOMC]

It's kind of a remarkable fall when you think about it. From A-list star to washed up has been in direct-to-DVD movies to three years in prison. All in less than a decade. Crazy.

[yorrick brown]

i really don`t think once he gets out of prison his career will take off like robert downey jr.

[The Postmaster General]

http://www.wesh.com/news/15979487/detail.html


That's pretty fucked up. You or I would have had to pay backtaxes, penalties, and a fine.

I know someone who didn't file taxes for close to 30 years, and in the end, that was all they got.

Snipes tax records are surely massive, but it's still fucked up.

People are saying he didn't get off even though he's a celebrity. I say he didn't get off because he is a celebrity.

Did anyone else miss the part where the judge said he wanted to use Snipes to set a clear example?

[the clever guy]

Did anyone else miss the part where the judge said he wanted to use Snipes to set a clear example?

it's about goddamn time.

i mean, sure, it sucks that it happened to him, especially that harshly...in all honesty, i would have been completely content with him only serving like 6 months or so...but 3 years is quite some time. but these judges should of set examples long ago with lindsey lohore and paris herpilton.


oh, thats right...they're role models for children....