Wesley Snipes: ‘My Ex-Financial Advisor Lied’

I suspect Mr. Snipes may have been badly manipulated, but I'm not sure that ignorance is a defense. I do know they'd be better off allowing him to work on a strict probation so the tax dollars owing can be paid back, and hopefully with interest. America needs the money, and Snipes can make it, but only on probation. Putting him away COSTS the taxpayers hundreds of thousands. He doesn't seem to be a threat to anyone. The probationary limitations along with the public embarrassment alone are quite a bit here for a working actor. He doesn't have a long criminal past.

DEFIANTLY SOUNDS LIKE A RETRIAL TO ME. THERE IS NO REASON A STAR LIKE SNIPES WHO MADE MILLIONS, WENT WITHOUT PAYING SOME KIND OF TAXES FOR HIS INCOME. SOUNDS TO ME LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE REASON TO BE TELLING THE TRUTH, IF INFACT STARR DID LAUNDER HIS MONEY INSTEAD OF PAYING UNCLE SAM!! FIGHT IT!!

Re: @v@ – Why are you such a softie? Ignorance is never an excuse. No jail time? Bla bla bla…many white color criminals don't have a criminal past, are not a threat to society etc, but they broke the law, and writing a check simply doesn't cover it. WS did not file tax returns for 3 years. How could he forget, when he was earning millions?

Re: GothamGirl – Yeah, I know. I'm more of a softie these days for the shell shocked unemployed who need it more than Snipes needs time (rather than his cagey money managing accountants). In better times, I'm with you. All of the corporate institutions who make a boatload off of housing prisoners have already made a boatload the last few. America's incarceration rate is way higher than other allied countries.

Re: @v@ – Starr will not come out squeaky clean, he has pled guilty. He defrauded investors of 60 million dollars, in a gross breach of his fiduciary duty. But that is separate from filing tax returns. Starr defrauded many well known people, (Bunny Mellon, Sylvester Stallone, Uma Thurman, Al Pacino, the list goes on and on). But none of those people failed to file a tax return. What is Wesley's excuse?

Re: Christina Polo – I never said he did his own taxes! And if he didn't file for 3 years, he received a dozen letters from the IRS. It is still his responsibility, accountant or not.