Wesley Snipes goes to Jail

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:40 am

"MIAMI (AFP) â€” A US federal judge on Thursday sentenced Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes to three years in prison Thursday for failing to file his tax returns from 1999 to 2004, the Department of Justice announced.

The Florida-based judge laid down the harshest possible sentence against Snipes, star of such movies as "Demolition Man" and the "Blade" trilogy of vampire movies, who was found guilty by a jury in February on three misdemeanor charges.

Snipes, 45, had sought to evade paying more than 15 million dollars in taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), according to the department.

"Snipes' long prison sentence should send a loud and crystal clear message to all tax defiers that if they engage in similar tax defier conduct, they face joining him and his co-defendants ... as inmates in prison," said Nathan Hochman, an official at the US Department of Justice Tax Division.

"The law is very clear: people must pay their taxes," added IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman. "There is no secret formula that eliminates a person's tax obligations, nor are there any special exceptions."

The action hero first rose to fame in the 1980s when he was cast in the video for Michael Jackson's single "Bad".

That proved to be the springboard for a successful acting career characterized by his portrayal of tough-guy characters in movies such as "Demolition Man" and "New Jack City."

A martial arts fanatic, Snipes is famous for inserting quotations from Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" into his characters' roles.

Snipes also starred in "White Men Can't Jump" and Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever." "

The weird thing is that I was watching demolition man last night and was pondering about how his career has basically turned to shit. I saw him with Chuck Norris in the blow flex info commercials, thats not a very good sign.

Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:26 am

3 years is harsh.

Nooke · Post by **Nooke** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:47 am

LoL 3 years is nothing.

spokomptonjdub · Post by **spokomptonjdub** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:02 am

No way he serves all 3 years, I say a year tops.

Post by **DarkUnderlord** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:27 am

This wouldn't have happened if he was white.

:persecution against a brotha:

POOPERSCOOPER wrote:The action hero first rose to fame in the 1980s when he was cast in the video for Michael Jackson's single "Bad".

LOL

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:36 am

If discrimination, let it be for his acting.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:02 am

You're all missing the big picture. Actually he'll work undercover for the CIA and infiltrate a russian terrorist group operating inside the prison and ultimately he ends up saving the president of United States of America. The movie will be released in 2012.

rabidpeanut · Post by **rabidpeanut** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:32 am

I wonder if they will rape him....

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:22 pm

Will he be sent to cryo prison?

Hopefully he will escape and unleash all hell in San Angeles

Subhuman · Post by **Subhuman** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:12 pm

The Art of War was a crap movie.

cazsim83 · Post by **cazsim83** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:06 pm

negro please - he'll stay in the most posh prison available, with free vanilla porn, lobster and shrimp (or chicken and waffles) every day if he prefers.

he'll spend a year tops, I agree - but ffs - all this says is "if you're a celebrity, you can get a DUI, you can steal from a store, but don't F*** w/ Uncle Sam's money, beotch.

sad but true.

hat_man99 · Post by **hat_man99** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:19 pm

Another swell guy bites the dust

Nooke · Post by **Nooke** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:59 pm

He was trying to sleeze himself out of this tax thing for quite a while. He failed. LoLz @ the swell guy

johnnygothisgun · Post by **johnnygothisgun** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:10 pm

shut up, nooke

Goretheglowingone · Post by **Goretheglowingone** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 12:20 am

yea stop beeing a racist about dumb swell guy,
it hate CHINKS here.

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:58 am

Yeah, swell guy are alright at DAC, 'less of course they're chink lovin' swell guy, In that case we cook em up real nice and serve em wit potaters.

and I love how Nooke states that three years is nothing as if Nooke has served a few decades here and there.

johnnygothisgun · Post by **johnnygothisgun** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:28 am

ass nooke already gosh jeez

Nooke · Post by **Nooke** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:04 am

lol look at the little one go off, it's almost heart warming.

Also, 3 years IS nothing. What I mean with this is that I've seen people getting more years for less money. I haven't been to prison and never will be, because I'm too awesome.

hat_man99 · Post by **hat_man99** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:56 pm

Awesome like christian rock

johnnygothisgun · Post by **johnnygothisgun** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:21 pm

youre both toolbags

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