On Friday, November 19, 2010, prominent African American actor Wesley Snipes was ordered by a Florida judge to begin serving a 3-year prison sentence for tax evasion charges.
The 48-year old actor of such movies as Blade, White Men Can’t Jump, and New Jack City, was denied the requested for a new trial by a federal judge who claimed he was already given a fair and just trial.
Since 1999, Wesley Snipes, had earned more than $38 million but he never filed tax returns or paid any taxes through October 2006.
Prosecutors stated that, for almost 10 years, Snipes avoided paying millions in income taxes and was convicted of 3 misdemeanor counts of failing to file tax returns.
Snipes will be notified by mail when to surrender himself to begin serving his prison sentence.
