Wesley Snipes sentenced to three years in prison.

[AndrewDB]

OCALA, Florida (Reuters) - Actor Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday for failing to file his federal income tax returns.

The sentenced was the maximum under the law, which U.S. prosecutors had recommended for the star of the "Blade" movie series. He was found guilty in February of failing to file tax returns for 1999-2001.

Link (http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN2419088420080424?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews).


He should of gotten six, three years for submitting us to the pain that is the other Blade movies.

[JJFlamingo]

That sucks. I like the guy...:(

[Ratlehed]

He'll just go to celebrity prison anyway. He'll have his own cell thats the size of a trailer. He'll be totally seperated from everyone else. Plus he'll only serve 3 months.

[Eric Flatpack]

i'm assuming the tax offences area is pretty dense so i don't know if 3 years is good or bad.

In purely movie terms he was good as blade even if the third movie didnt measure up to the second (not a fan of the first one). I imagine he struggled to find much work after the blade series and even during it you couldn't really imagine him in anything else.

Still tis sad that he managed to fuck up this bad.

[KingofKings2525]

Booooooooo!

[The Postmaster General]

I'm both shocked an appalled.

A regular citizen wouldn't get 3 years for not filing taxes for 3 years.

Hilton & Lohan drunk driving, Spears, child endangerment... Snipes 3 years!

[Tagia_Romero]

He brought it on himself, that's all I can say.

[Lindsey]

The 3 years was the max he could get. He should be so lucky! He was aquitted of federal tax-fraud and conspiracy charges, and could have faced up to 16 years!

This man owed more than $2.7 million dollars! I do have to say that I did love him in a dress in To Wong Foo:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/Bikini_Babe06/foo.jpg

[Cyclonus]

Sucks for him, but I strongly suspect that his sentence will be reduced on appeal. If they had slapped him with the full sixteen years, I wouldn't be surprised in the least if he ended up fleeing the country--which they thought he had done already when the charges came up, though he was just filming in Nambia, I think. I still would not rule it out. ;)

[jolanar]

I'm both shocked an appalled.

A regular citizen wouldn't get 3 years for not filing taxes for 3 years.

Hilton & Lohan drunk driving, Spears, child endangerment... Snipes 3 years!

I hate to say it, but if it had been George Clooney you know he wouldn't be serving any jail time.

[jackson13]

Mofo got negrowned.

[Preston_79]

Easy, let's not make this into a racial issue. The man will only do a few months with good behavior and that's a small price for not paying the man a little over 2 million dollars. I pay my fucking taxes and so should he.

And why wouldn't Clooney get the same sentence? Where does that come from? Because he's A list or because he's white? Damn, it's not even that big a deal, he'll be back to making direct to DVD movies before you can blink an eye.

[SistaNormallove]

I'm neither shocked nor appalled.

A regular citizen would get 3 years for not filing taxes for 3 years.

Hilton & Lohan sober driving, Spears, child protection... Snipes not three years!

[SkyNet]

i like some of his flicks... and at first was like, that would suck if he got sentenced... and then he turned it into a fucking Racial issue... and whenever anyone does that without merit (im looking at you fat bitch Oprah)... you lose any respect or fandom i had for you... so good for him for going to jail... im sure he will say its cuz he is black, cuz that appears to be his M.O whenever he breaks the law.

[Lindsey]

Ooooh! Bubba's signature avatar. Better watch out! ;)

Yep he'll get out for good behavior in no time.

[The Postmaster General]

He shouldn't even be going in.

[SistaNormallove]

He should be going in.

[yorrick brown]

i guess the judge wasn`t a fan of To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar .


anyway woody shouldn`t of write his letter on hemp paper ,then rolled it as a joint and gave it to the judge.

fucking amauter level woody.

[darknite125]

You just know he'll never get a break from his fellow inmates picking fights with him.

[yorrick brown]

You just know he'll never get a break from his fellow inmates picking fights with him.

i guess this is undisputed part 2?.

[Lindsey]

He shouldn't even be going in.

He should be going in.

Ahhh... They're both blinking at me. What's going on here? lol

[yorrick brown]

Ahhh... They're both blinking at me. What's going on here? lol


don`t stare at them your have seizure

[The Postmaster General]

Ahhh... They're both blinking at me. What's going on here? lol

I guess some stalk us for our minds, and others for our bodies. What's your take?

What do you think, yorrick?

[yorrick brown]

I guess some stalk us for our minds, and others for our bodies. What's your take?

What do you think, yorrick?


its not what you got, its what you get ;).

[X-Nightcrawler]

I do refuse to not think that he shouldn't not go in.

*trying to one-up Bubba*

I'll get you eventually.

[ilovemovies]

I kind of have a fuck the government mentality so I would have liked to have seen him get off scott free. :p

[EVILxxx]

Well he didn't just skip on paying his taxes. He was in league with a company that specializes in that kind of thing.
Not exactly the same thing as a crazy guy with a gun in New Hampshire holding up in his house because he refuses to pay his income tax.

[The Postmaster General]

Well he didn't just skip on paying his taxes. He was in league with a company that specializes in that kind of thing.


Can you explain that more so I don't have to look up more on this? What was he doing, and how bad was it? Please don't make me cry over Judge Joe sticking up for something outrageous.

[EVILxxx]

Can you explain that more so I don't have to look up more on this? What was he doing, and how bad was it? Please don't make me cry over Judge Joe sticking up for something outrageous.

The court heard yesterday that Snipes dodged $15 million (£7.5 million) in tax through a campaign in which he concealed millions offshore, falsely applied for tax refunds and bombarded the Internal Revenue Service with frivolous correspondence that threatened government employees, railed about extortion and used twisted legal interpretations to back his claim that taxation was unlawful.

“For nearly a decade, Snipes has engaged in a campaign of criminal tax conduct combining brazen defiance with insidious concealment,” the prosecuting attorney, Robert O’Neill, told the court in a sentencing memorandum. “In the defendant Wesley Snipes, the court is presented with a wealthy, famous and inveterate tax scofflaw. If ever a tax offender was deserving of being held accountable to the maximum extent for his criminal wrongdoing, Snipes is that defendant.”
-http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article3671886.ece



His lawyers argued that his tax advisers, Douglas P Rosile and Eddie Ray Kahn, who were also jailed yesterday, had duped their client with a claim that there were no laws requiring him to pay tax.

US attorney Robert O'Neill, however, told the judge that Snipes was a "notorious" tax protestor who deliberately used bogus and discredited arguments to avoid paying.
-http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=561786&in_page_id=1773


Sorry to make you cry Bubba.

[Superplasmatron]

So like free Wesley shirts have already been made!

[The Postmaster General]

The court heard yesterday that Snipes dodged $15 million (£7.5 million) in tax through a campaign in which he concealed millions offshore, falsely applied for tax refunds and bombarded the Internal Revenue Service with frivolous correspondence that threatened government employees, railed about extortion and used twisted legal interpretations to back his claim that taxation was unlawful.

“For nearly a decade, Snipes has engaged in a campaign of criminal tax conduct combining brazen defiance with insidious concealment,” the prosecuting attorney, Robert O’Neill, told the court in a sentencing memorandum. “In the defendant Wesley Snipes, the court is presented with a wealthy, famous and inveterate tax scofflaw. If ever a tax offender was deserving of being held accountable to the maximum extent for his criminal wrongdoing, Snipes is that defendant.”
-http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article3671886.ece



His lawyers argued that his tax advisers, Douglas P Rosile and Eddie Ray Kahn, who were also jailed yesterday, had duped their client with a claim that there were no laws requiring him to pay tax.

US attorney Robert O'Neill, however, told the judge that Snipes was a "notorious" tax protestor who deliberately used bogus and discredited arguments to avoid paying.
-http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=561786&in_page_id=1773


Sorry to make you cry Bubba.



Damn me, and my trusting good natured dumbness. Golly gee. If only I could find a way to use that to provide dramatica fodder, I could probably for once say I really did make a difference.

[God of War]

All three Blade movies rock! He don't deserve this crap.

[EBastard]

Come on GoW, you gotta admit he deserves at least a few days in the hole for Blade:Trinity (2004, 5/10).



SHIVER ME TIMBERS...

THE BASTARD RETURNS.

[EBastard]

THIS JUST IN, ANOTHER ACTOR HAS STEPPED FORWARD ON WESLEY SNIPES BEHALF:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art3/0728043aa1.jpg

"Man..............this is some BULLSHIT."



SHIVER ME TIMBERS...

BEFORE I EVEN ENTERED THIS THREAD FOR THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT OF FINDING THAT QUOTE! LOL!

[Orson-Cockart]

He got off with a leniant charge, most of us would have got nearer the ten mark for such an offense. Plus he'll be doing easy time, same place they send corrupt politicians and police officers; he'll get a decent size room to himself, and probably have television and maybe even a pool table.

[echo_bravo]

He should be going in.

haha looks like FatSakHead is back.

[RustyRazor]

3 years means he has to do one year minimum and can be out on parole with time off for good behavior.
I say if you want to stand up for something you believe in, go on.
But if you plan to cross Uncle Sam, be prepared to go down for it.

[AversionTherapy]

Well snipes is a moron! Atleast he cant assault our screens for 3 years!!

[Criminal Rock]

He should be going in.

lol...

[The Postmaster General]

He got off with a leniant charge, most of us would have got nearer the ten mark for such an offense. Plus he'll be doing easy time, same place they send corrupt politicians and police officers; he'll get a decent size room to himself, and probably have television and maybe even a pool table.

Nah, I thought he got the maximum sentence, and yeah - he's not going to federal-reserve-pound-me-in-the-ass-prison.

What the dealeo with that sentencing?

haha looks like FatSakHead is back.

Nah, FatSak and I were cool with one another and that's why I had to put up a vigil for him. He wouldn't do something like that because he's a cool dude. :cool: On my livespace journal I wrote a story about him comparing the two of us to the Brothers McMullen of joblo.com. Oh, and plus he would have been witty enough to come up with "Location: Near the Ultraworld"


But if you plan to cross Uncle Sam, be prepared to go down for it.

Nah, like Orson said, it probably won't be that type of prison.

[RustyRazor]

Nah, like Orson said, it probably won't be that type of prison.

Oh, no doubt it's gonna be a "Club Fed" deal.
Tax dodgers and movie stars don't do time in Oz with Adabesi.
But the idea of not being able to just go out and do what you want for a whole year is gonna suck.
Not being able to film the sequel to "Passenger 57" (it's called "Passenger 58" and it also stars Gary Busey and Megan Good) is really gonna be tough on him.

[Lindsey]

haha looks like FatSakHead is back.

No.. The IP address don't match up, so let's not be pointing fingers! lol, plus JoBlo made it clear about talking about former schmoes. Forgive and forget, eh? But if this whole thing gets too out of hand then I will take care of it! :cool:

[yorrick brown]

No.. The IP address don't match up, so let's not be pointing fingers! lol, plus JoBlo made it clear about talking about former schmoes. Forgive and forget, eh? But if this whole thing gets too out of hand then I will take care of it! :cool:

i knew you weren`t lying about your job :).

this sucks,i was hoping for money train 2.

[Badbird]

The whole Wesley Snipes thing is far more bizarre than you can possibly imagine. About a year or so ago, Radar magazine did a big story on him and how he's involved with this strange group of wackos who don't believe in paying taxes and were basically building their own army of trained soldiers.

It sounded like he knew exactly what he was doing the whole time.

Looks like he tried to ice skate uphill.

[Lindsey]

The whole Wesley Snipes thing is far more bizarre than you can possibly imagine. About a year or so ago, Radar magazine did a big story on him and how he's involved with this strange group of wackos who don't believe in paying taxes and were basically building their own army of trained soldiers.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/Bikini_Babe06/wil.jpg

Heh... That's crazy! Snipes is insane! What I think is amusing is how Willy got no jail time, but just has to pay a bunch of fees (for the rest of his life!). But I don't feel bad for Wes at all.

[SkyNet]

Atleast he cant assault our screens for 3 years!!

unless you're talking about TV screens! Snipes hasn't mattered to Movie Theaters in quite some time!

[dellamorte dellamore]

At least someone had the balls to protest taxes and stand up to the gov , they're out of control but Snipes was willing to do something about it . Yes , he paid for it , but he was willing to stand up for his convictions , he just went up my my book , i see him more as a rebel now , instead of a primadonna celebrity .

These pinheads take our money and do what they want with it , and we don't have any say in the matter , so Snipes said fuck em' , i applaud him for that .


The federal income tax was only supposed to be a temporary government program ( fleecing ) but they saw how much money they could swipe from the citizens , so they never repealed it .

Also , how many people are out there working under the table , not reporting income ( i doubt waiters report all their tips , just for example ) , millions , Snipes just got caught for it , but he's not a criminal , not in my eyes , he's now a hero .

[NathanRomano]

Forgive and forget, eh?

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/thebigblog/library/sweeney_todd.jpg

[EVILxxx]

At least someone had the balls to protest taxes and stand up to the gov , they're out of control but Snipes was willing to do something about it . Yes , he paid for it , but he was willing to stand up for his convictions , he just went up my my book , i see him more as a rebel now , instead of a primadonna celebrity .

These pinheads take our money and do what they want with it , and we don't have any say in the matter , so Snipes said fuck em' , i applaud him for that .


The federal income tax was only supposed to be a temporary government program ( fleecing ) but they saw how much money they could swipe from the citizens , so they never repealed it .

Also , how many people are out there working under the table , not reporting income ( i doubt waiters report all their tips , just for example ) , millions , Snipes just got caught for it , but he's not a criminal , not in my eyes , he's now a hero .

My intuition tells me it has more to do with greed than principle.

[Moviefan1234]

He broke the law and got what he deserved. I have no sympathy for him.

[john_rambo]

damnit this puts a damper on demolition man 2... lol