Wesley Snipes has reported to jail. He started serving his sentence following a protracted courtroom fight. Snipes reported to a Pennsylvania prison to begin serving his sentence on Dec. 9th. Neglecting to file income taxes resulted in Snipes receiving a three year sentence. Evidently there wasn't a paydayloans large enough to purchase off his freedom with this one.
Wesley Snipes prison term begins
Actor Wesley Snipes reported to prison today, Dec. 9, in Pennsylvania, according to ABC. The McKean Federal Correctional Institution that he will be serving in is in Lewis Run, Penn., and he can be serving for three years. Snipes, now Bureau of Prisons inmate number 43355-018, is likely to be housed within the minimum security wing of the prison, a facility located adjacent to the primary prison. The wing for minimum security is typically for any inmates who don't have risk of violence. They are typically white collar criminals. Snipes will probably serve at least 26 months of his sentence supposed to last 36 months as he is in a federal prison.
Legal battle seemed too long
Staying out of prison was Wesley Snipes' goal. This is why he went via the legal battle. A federal judge in FL ordered a sentence to start being served by Snipes just this year. Wesley Snipes had appealed his sentence, which is not really for tax evasion. Wesley Snipes didn't file a tax return instead of willfully trying to keep away from paying taxes which is the definition of tax evasion as Wesley Snipes and Larry King discussed. Advisors told Snipes they were filing his returns. He thought it had been getting done. His firm had been defrauding him meaning they didn't really file.
Charges of finance with other stars
Snipes is not the first celebrity to face jail time over white collar crimes. Six months was given to Martha Stewart for insider trading charges. Charges for taxes got hotel magnate and heiress Leona Helmsley jailed. Then there was Willie Nelson who owed the IRS so much. He wrote a song called "The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories?" after getting his house back after it was taken from him.
Details from
ABC News
abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wesley-snipes-report-federal-prison-year-sentence/story?id=12345648&page=3
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