Just hours before he was sentenced for failing to pay $5 million dollars in taxes, Wesley Snipes cut several checks for the unpaid revenue and had the checks delivered to court.
The move so surprised federal prosecutors that they at first declined the money. Snipes was still given the maximum 3 years in a federal prison for refusing to pay his taxes over a 10-year period.
“The sentencing court sends the right message to the American taxpayer — you’ve got to pay your taxes,” U.S. Attorney Robert O’Neill told reporters outside the usually quiet central Florida courthouse. “Rich, poor, it doesn’t matter. We all pay our taxes.”
Snipes, who had previously maintained he had the legal right not to pay taxes, read aloud from a prepared apology, calling his actions “costly mistakes” but never mentioning the word “taxes.” (Source)
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