Hollywood star Wesley Snipes has been ordered by a US judge to surrender to authorities to start serving a three-year jail term for tax-related crimes.

Florida Judge William Terrell Hodges rejected a request from Snipes' lawyers to review his sentence and grant a new trial.

In April 2008, Snipes, 48, was found guilty of deliberately failing to file tax returns for 1999, 2000 and 2001.

He then launched an appeal and has been on bail ever since.

The actor, whose films include the Blade trilogy, was cleared of more serious fraud and conspiracy charges.

"The defendant Snipes had a fair trial; he has had a full, fair and thorough review of his conviction and sentence," Judge Hodges wrote in his decision on Friday.

"The time has come for the judgement to be enforced," he said.

It was not immediately clear when and where Snipes had to surrender.

However, his defence attorney Daniel Meachum later said he planned to appeal at the US Supreme Court, the Associated Press reports.

Mr Meachum said that Snipes, who was in Atlanta to film a movie, remained "incredibly calm and positive".

"He wasn't angered. He wasn't bitter."

Snipes' lawyers had argued his 2008 sentence was "unreasonable".

The actor earned more than $37m (£24m) in gross income between 1999 and 2004 but did not file individual federal income tax returns for any of those years, according to official court papers.

They're putting Blade in jail for tax, yet known killers and terrorists are still running loose.

In Hollywood, the ridiculous stories aren't just in the movies it would seem.

"He wasn't angered. He wasn't bitter."



He just smiled and took it up the...the...the...the appeal process starts next month!
:-X

They're putting Blade in jail for tax, yet known killers and terrorists are still running loose.

In Hollywood, the ridiculous stories aren't just in the movies it would seem.


Hey he didn't pay his frigging taxes.  Apparently he felt that he was "special" and did not have to pay taxes like the rest of us people.

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.don't want to end up as Secretary of the Treasury.


FTFY.

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But he sed he wuz sorry, so that makes it OK.

He won't be out for another couple of years.

Hey he didn't pay his frigging taxes.  Apparently he felt that he was "special" and did not have to pay taxes like the rest of us people.

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.


There are ways people in Snipes' income bracket can legally reduce their tax burden...and by quite a bit.  It seems more like Snipes was irresponsible.  Denial is not just a river in Egypt!

::)

Coming soon....

Blade in jail!

;D

There are ways people in Snipes' income bracket can legally reduce their tax burden...and by quite a bit.  It seems more like Snipes was irresponsible.  Denial is not just a river in Egypt!

::)



Well apparently he did not even FILE a tax return for several years.  ::)

I can't believe how far this guy has fallen. He was probably the most popular black actor in movies from 1991-1996 till Will Smith hit big. As good as the 90's were to Snipes the 00's were awful for him.

Well apparently he did not even FILE a tax return for several years.   ::)


That's just lazy.  Not only can people in Snipes' tax bracket unburden themselves of a good deal of the taxes they would otherwise owe, they can hire accountants to do all the paperwork for them.  He could hire a guy to FILE the return FOR him.  Ignore government agencies at your peril.

It's like the time I got busted because I didn't pay a speeding ticket I got in NH.  It took six years to wind its way through the bureaucracy from NH to Mass, but I got busted nonetheless.  I learned the hard way about ignoring letters from the government!
:-[

Coming soon....

Blade in jail!

;D


What part are they up to?