Wesley Snipes Sentenced to 3 Years!

Posted on April 24, 2008 at 4:29 pm (PST)

Despite a character letter from both Woody Harrelson and Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes was sentenced today to THREE years in prison. He got the maximum sentence. Nathan J. Hochman, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, said:

"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."

The judge ruled that Snipes did not have to start serving his sentence immediately, but could surrender at a later date. He was convicted in February of three misdemeanor charges for failing to file his taxes. The government also claimed he owed $2.7 million, but his lawyer said it was only $228,000. If he owed such a small amount why was he STUPID enough to roll the dice and not pay it?!!! He’ll have three years to figure out how to file his taxes in the future.

Wesley fought the gov and the gov won.