Wesley Snipes Sentenced To Three Years In Jail For Tax Evasion
May 28 2018, Updated 10:17 a.m. ET
UPDATE: Despite reports, Wesley Snipes is not in custody. According to Eric Thompson, a spokesperson for the United States Marshall’s office, Snipes will be given a date on which he will voluntarily surrender at an institution designated to him by the Bureau of Prisons. That has yet to happen. A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prison confirms to Breaking Celebrity News, “Wesley Snipes is not in our custody.”
Wesley Snipes has been ordered to serve three years behind bars for failing to pay his taxes, Breaking Celebrity News has learned. The Blade star must immediately surrender to federal authorities so he can start his prison sentence.
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"The Defendant Snipes had a fair trial," US District Judge Terrell Hodges said in the Florida courtroom. "The time has come for the judgement to be enforced."