Acquitted! Even More Celebrity Justice

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As we previously mentioned, race car driver and former Dancing with the Stars champ, Helio Castroneves was indicted in Miami for allegedly not paying taxes on more than $5 million!

Castroneves and two others were accused of using "an offshore Panamanian shell corporation Seven Promotions to conceal and disguise the true and correct amount of Helio Castroneves' income from the Internal Revenue Service."

Well, there's good news for the tax evader. A jury has just acquitted him today of tax evasion!

The two others involved, his sister (who was also his tax manager) and his attorney, were also acquitted. Though the jury kept the conspiracy count on Helio and his sis.

The three could have faced up to six years in prison if found guilty.

Looks like Helio has a lot to celebrate now.

And we bet he paid his taxes, in full, this year!

[Image via WENN.]

    Posted: Apr 17, 2009 at 2:56 pm / Email this  »

    12 comments to “Acquitted! Even More Celebrity Justice”



    1. 1

      Who's this fukka??? I wanna shove a road cone up his asshole and watch him squirm as I piss inside his guts!!! fuck yeah



    2. 2

      Good for Helio!!
      Screw the government!



    3. 3

      lucky break!



    4. 4

      Who the ef? REPORT GOOD STUFF this isnt cnn



    5. 5

      WTF arent you posting about ashton and his big twitter win last night?!
      god perez your such a fucker
      and your live chat was shit
      you didnt even answer any question
      just go fuck your mum dickhead



    6. 6

      Tweet me Perez! www.twitter.com/devindaiquiri



    7. 7

      Who even is this???



    8. 8

      YOU KNOW, I AM ALL IN FAVOUR OF CELEBS GETTING JUSTICE METED OUT TO THEM, IN THE SAME MANNER AS EVERYONE ELSE DOES.
      IF THIS GUY DESERVE TO "GET OFF", THEN GOOD FOR HIM.
      IF NOT? THEN, MAY HE ROT DOWN IN THE PLACE WHERE THE INFERNO NEVER CEASES!



    9. 9

      Failed to care.



    10. 10

      He was acquited because they didn't have th evidence you moron.

      Perez you not only hate celebrities you want everyone else to hate them too.

      WHY?

      It's like the MTV award shows you started hating on all the stars behind their backs.
      YOUR NUTS



    11. 11

      HE SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT HIS TAXES. NOBODY SHOULD. THE HEAD OF THE IRA, APPOINTTED BY OBAMA, DID NOT PAID HIS TAXES EITHER…SO WHAT'S THE RUSH? ……..LET'S RELAX AND TRY TO LIVE AS IF WE ARE FREE….AS IF OBAMA IS NOT IN POWER….



    12. 12

      NOT PAYING HIS TAXES - WHO THE H DOES HE THINK HE IS - A POLITICIAN?