Take note all you celebs cheating on your taxes: you maybe be smart, but Uncle Sam is smarter!
Just ask Wesley Snipes, whose lawyers are desperately trying to have the court repeal their “unreasonable” three-year prison sentence for the film star, who was convicted a year ago on federal tax charges.
The actor is free on bail now, but he was convicted in April 2008 and received the maximum penalty for refusing to pay the government the $2.7 million he owed in back taxes.
His attorneys appeared before a judge in Atlanta this morning without Snipes and argued that the sentence was too harsh and “focused too heavily on deterrence.” They also argued that Snipes was not given a hearing to discuss moving the trial to New York.
Too late now!
Things don’t look too good for you, Blade!
[Image via WENN.]
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