Wesley Snipes faces 40 years in prison...

[caty]

"Hollywood star Wesley Snipes was charged on Tuesday with failing to pay taxes and conspiracy in an indictment that could put the versatile actor and producer behind bars for more than 40 years.

Federal prosecutors in Tampa released an "an eight-count indictment charging Wesley Trent Snipes, formerly of Windermere, Florida; Eddie Ray Kahn, of Sorrento, Florida; and Douglas P Rosile, of Venice, Florida, with conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and presenting a fraudulent claim for payment to the IRS."

"Each of the conspiracy and false claim charges carry a maximum sentence of five years' imprisonment," prosecutors added, noting: "Snipes is also charged with six counts of failing to file income tax returns."

"Snipes also faces up to one year imprisonment on each charge of failing to file income tax returns," they said.

Snipes, known for his work in films such as Jungle Fever, Demolition Man and Blade if convicted on all counts could sit out the rest of his working years in jail."

http://www.news24.com/News24/Entertainment/Celebrities/0,,2-1225-2108_2015371,00.html

You would think that what has happened to other Hollywood stars in regards to paying taxes in the past would be a lesson to them all. We have to pay----star or not, you have to pay also.

[edbermac]

1. Hey, Robert Blake and OJ got away with murder...

So why would Snipes be worried about a tax case??

[Reciprocity]

2. I pay my taxes why should he get away with not paying his?