Lindsey Vonn owes IRS $1.7 million

[marmar]

Lindsey Vonn, the skier who made a splash after winning alpine skiing gold at the Vancouver Olympics, found out she owes the government $1,700,000 in back taxes for the year she won that gold. According to the Detroit News, the IRS filed a $1,705,437 tax lien against Vonn and her estranged husband Thomas Vonn on April 2 with the Elko County Recorder in Nevada.

She is in the middle of a divorce with Thomas, the man who was once her coach and mentor. She released a statement on her Facebook page promising to pay what she owed.

I am disappointed with this situation. I just recently became aware of the outstanding balance and I have done everything in my power to settle it immediately. The money owed was for the 2010 tax year, which was filed on time, and it has been paid in full. This is an important lesson for me. Not being in control of my finances and relying on someone else who you believed had your best interest at heart was a mistake and one I will not make twice.

Vonn made money from winning World Cup races and several endorsements, including Under Armour, Rolex, and Procter and Gamble. ..................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/lindsey-vonn-owes-irs-1-7-million-224140115.html

[joeybee12]

1. Deadbeat...nt

[El Supremo]

3. Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

That has got to be the most juvenile thing to ever come out of your keyboard.

[madinmaryland]

4. At Beaver Creek no less.

[joeybee12]

5. Ai-yi-yi-yi-yi!

[El Supremo]

6. You are to trumad like upton was to cboy4.

Just looking for a fight.

Save me Jesus from these worthless scum bags!

[trumad]

7. "Just looking for a fight".

That's rich coming from a guy who posts Marlin threads day in and day night for no other reason than to----errrr look for a fight.

Now go to the pretty pastel couch you just bought---and feint.

Douche

[bluedigger]

8. That's really a cheap shot.

I bet it sounded funny the first time you thought it.

[trumad]

9. oh fuck the tax cheat and the fundy douchebag.

[bluedigger]

10. You lay down with dogs, you wake up with fleas.

You'll want to get yourself dipped.

[trumad]

11. I don't cheat on my taxes...

I don't push religion on others.... if that's the fleas--- then bring them on.

[bluedigger]

12. I save my poutrage for better things.

[LanternWaste]

13. And you never debase yourself by pushing a level of vulgarity onto others either...

And you never debase yourself by pushing a level of vulgarity onto others either...

Because if you did, we'd have no other choice but to infer that you hold others to a higher standard than you hold yourself, and that you are merely justifying in yourself the same actions you so righteously condemn in others. Although that would most likely result only in a chuckle, a little pat on the head, and an ever-so-sweet, "bless your little heart..."