Wesley Snipes is facing as many as three years in jail for tax evasion, following an appeal that he filed back in 2008, reported the BBC on Monday.
Snipes was convicted for failing to file tax returns in 1999, 2000, and 2001. He made more than $37 million between 1999 and 2004, partially due to his starring role in the highly-successful Blade trilogy. The court said that he did not file federal income tax returns for any those years.
The 47-year-old Money Train actor has been on bail since 2008, and called the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta’s denial of his appeal “unreasonable,” reported BBC. The more serious charges of conspiracy and fraud were cleared.
Snipes’ lawyers argued that he should have had a hearing as to where his trial should be held and claimed that having his trial held in Ocala, Fla. was a “discriminatory” move. Snipes and his team of lawyers said that the trial should be held in New York, where the actor was born.
Neither Snipes or his lawyers made any comment on the decision.
Snipes has appeared in a range of films, including Demolition Man, Passenger 57, Drop Zone, White Men Can’t Jump, and New Jack City.
Snipes was convicted for failing to file tax returns in 1999, 2000, and 2001. He made more than $37 million between 1999 and 2004, partially due to his starring role in the highly-successful Blade trilogy. The court said that he did not file federal income tax returns for any those years.
The 47-year-old Money Train actor has been on bail since 2008, and called the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta’s denial of his appeal “unreasonable,” reported BBC. The more serious charges of conspiracy and fraud were cleared.
Snipes’ lawyers argued that he should have had a hearing as to where his trial should be held and claimed that having his trial held in Ocala, Fla. was a “discriminatory” move. Snipes and his team of lawyers said that the trial should be held in New York, where the actor was born.
Neither Snipes or his lawyers made any comment on the decision.
Snipes has appeared in a range of films, including Demolition Man, Passenger 57, Drop Zone, White Men Can’t Jump, and New Jack City.
