Say it ain’t so!!
One of my favorite action “hero”, Wesley Snipes, is going to spend 3 years in jail for failing to pay TAXES…owing at least $2.7 million in back taxes on the 3 years in question alone! This was not even his sole “mistake”…he was acquitted of five other charges, including felony tax fraud and conspiracy.
“The sentencing court sends the right message to the American taxpayer – you’ve got to pay your taxes,” U.S. Attorney Robert O’Neill told reporters outside the usually quiet central Florida courthouse. “Rich, poor, it doesn’t matter. We all pay our taxes.”
TISK TISK TISK 
Snipes’ co-defendants, Douglas P. Rosile and Eddie Ray Kahn, were convicted on both felony counts on which the actor was acquittal. Kahn, who refused to defend himself in court, was sentenced to the maximum 10 years, while Rosile received 4 1/2 years. Both will serve three years of supervised release.
Snipes and Rosile remain free and will be notified when they are to surrender to authorities. Defense attorney Carmen Hernandez signaled in court that Snipes would pursue an appeal.
Kahn was the founder of American Rights Litigators, and a successor group, Guiding Light of God Ministries, that purported to help members legally avoid paying taxes. Snipes was a dues-paying member of the organization, and Rosile, a de-licensed accountant, prepared Snipes’ paperwork.
The actor maintained in a yearslong battle with the IRS he did not have to pay taxes, using fringe arguments common to “tax protesters” who say the government has no legal right to collect. After joining Kahn’s group, the government said, Snipes instructed his employees to stop paying their own taxes and sought $11 million in 1996 and 1997 taxes he legally paid.
Excuse me, Wesley, I have to pay MY taxes…and I didn’t make near what you had made. Sorry, buddy…you too must put in YOUR share. Wonder what Dennis Miller’s take on all the goings on with his once co-star in Murder at 1600. Only a Dennis fan would know this referrence? “Whychu take the F’n job for then!” LOL
Heck, they should have added more years to his sentence just for making Blade II alone! geesh! Terrible sequel!
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