Michael Jackson’s Memorial
July 8, 2009 by The Maven
Filed under L.A., celebrity, tribute
Family, friends, and fans of Michael Jackson gathered at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday to celebrate the life and times of the greatest entertainer that ever lived. Read more
Wesley Snipes Gets 36 Months
April 24, 2008 by The Maven
Today, Wesley Snipes was sentenced to 36 months in Club Fed and a $5 million fine for three misdemeanor counts of evading the federal government of over $15 million in taxes.
Guilty and Not Guilty
February 1, 2008 by The Maven
A federal jury in Ocala, FL found Blade Wesley Snipes guilty of three counts of not filing tax returns. They found him not guilty of fraud, conspiracy and three other counts of not filing a tax return.
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Wesley Snipes owes back taxes
January 14, 2008 by Ms. Hyde
Wesley Snipes’ tax fraud trial claim he failed to file a single tax return on $37.9 million in income from 1999 to 2004, even after the Internal Revenue Service warned him in 2002 that he was being investigated, reports Reuters.
Wesley Snipes Finally Speaks
December 15, 2007 by The Maven
Wesley Snipes, will stand before a jury that may convict him and send him to prison for 16 years for tax fraud. He blames his accountants and speaks about racism on the set of Blade Trinity with Entertainment Weekly:
”They positioned it like, ‘He’s irresponsible, dangerous, guilty — this is why he’s in Africa. All these things, they play into our stereotypes. People think I’m Nino Brown [his gangster character from 1991’s New Jack City] or Blade. They think I’m an evil dude. The accountants say you’re entitled to a refund because of these particular rules and regulations. So you say all right…. If someone tells me I’m entitled to a refund, I’ll go for the refund! I never got a dime. I didn’t defraud the government by taking money that was not mine. We never got it!”
