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Wesley Snipes Proves He Can Still Dodge Bullets, Avoids Conviction For Tax Fraud And Conspiracy
Posted by Mark at 8:41 AM on February 2, 2008
The Wesley Snipes Totally Fucking Insane Tax-Avoidance Trial of the Century finally came to a close this afternoon in a Florida courtroom, where the Passenger 57 star and IRS Most Wanted Fading Action Hero was acquitted of federal tax-fraud and conspiracy charges, but was convicted of a lesser count of failing to file tax returns, a development that reduces his potential jail time from 16 to 3 years. His co-defendants, the renegade accountant and charismatic tax-protest-leader-cum-minister who will be portrayed by Paul Giamatti and Katt Williams (respectively) in the eventual, lightly fictionalized buddy-fugitive comedy based on this wild chapter of Snipes' life, were not so lucky, earning convictions on the aforementioned fraud and conspiracy charges.
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Nomi Malone
Posted 11:08 AM 2/2/08
i hope he goes to prison as noxeema jackson. that would be fierce.
Nomi Malone
Evanessence
Posted 11:08 AM 2/2/08
Somewhere out there John McTiernan is wishing like hell that he had Snipes' lawyers. He would've cast Snipes in the next Die Hard if it meant not playing freeze-tag with "the sisters" in the pokey for the next 4 months.
Evanessence
raincoaster
Posted 3:08 PM 2/2/08
Can we get a brief summary, for reference? Some of us have appointments with auditors in our future...
raincoaster
dutchtreat
Posted 12:58 AM 3/2/08
Wesley must be experiencing joy-joy feelings!
dutchtreat
Greasy Thumb Guzik
Posted 9:08 AM 3/2/08
And this asswipe wanted a change of venue for his trial!
It appears to be impossible to convict any celebrity of anything but a misdemeanor anymore!
I wonder how much of the money he never paid any taxes on was used to bribe the starstruck & halfwitted jury.
Greasy Thumb Guzik
Miss d
Posted 3:08 PM 4/2/08
WTF??!!??
Miss d