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*Bob Marley’s son Rohan has offered his support to ex-girlfriend Lauryn Hill as she prepares for her upcoming prison stint, reports TMZ. Rohan says he will step up his parenting duties for their five children, ages five to 15, while Hill is serving three months in prison for tax evasion. The singer has been given [...]
*Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys sent letters of support to the judge overseeing Lauryn Hill’s tax evasion case in an attempt to keep her out of jail. On Monday (May 6), the former Fugees star was sentenced to serve three months in jail after pleading guilty to three charges of failing to file tax returns [...]
*Looks like Lauryn Hill will avoid jail time for her tax drama. The singer, who is scheduled for sentencing today on federal tax evasion charges, has paid off the balance of more than $900,000 she owed in back taxes and penalties, her attorney said on Sunday. Hill is scheduled for sentencing in U.S. District Court [...]
*Lauryn Hill is facing sentencing today in New Jersey on federal tax charges. The Grammy winning singer pleaded guilty last year to not paying federal taxes on $1.8 million earned from 2005 to 2007. A judge two weeks ago said Hill had paid only about $50,000 of more than $500,000 she owes. Hill said she [...]
*Lauryn Hill has broken her silence on the tax evasion that may land her in jail, her reported new contract with Sony Music and the new music she says is in the pipeline. The ex-Fugee has posted a 353-word missive on her Tumblr page, in which she admits the media reports of her complicated set [...]
*A federal judge postponed Lauryn Hill’s tax evasion sentencing on Monday but not before scolding the eight-time Grammy-winning singer for reneging on a promise to make restitution by now. Hill pleaded guilty last year to not paying federal taxes on $1.8 million earned from 2005 to 2007. At that time, her attorney said she would [...]
*Uncle Sam isn’t the only on after Lauryn Hill for back pay. The singer, who pleaded guilty last year to tax evasion and will be sentenced next week, is now wanted by her landlord after she reportedly stopped paying rent on her South Orange mansion. According to TMZ, she’s been given an eviction notice. As [...]
*Ja Rule got a brief taste of freedom last week before returning to jail another case. The 36-year-old rapper left a state prison in central New York last week after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession. He then went straight into federal custody for his tax evasion case. The Federal Bureau [...]
*Fat Joe spent the start of his Christmas season in federal court. Earlier today, the rapper, born Joseph Cartagena, plead guilty to tax evasion in New Jersey. He owes Uncle Sam more than $700,000 in income taxes for 2007/2008. The 42-year-old was freed on a $250,000 bond and is scheduled to be sentenced in April [...]
*Director Spike Lee is urged fans of his incarcerated friend Wesley Snipes to send letters of encouragement to the actor to keep his spirits up during his stint for tax evasion. The filmmaker, who directed Snipes in “Jungle Fever,” visited the actor on Monday at the Pennsylvania prison where he is currently serving a three-year [...]
*Raymone Bain, a former general manager and publicist for Michael Jackson, pleaded guilty Wednesday for failing to file tax returns during the time she worked for the late pop star. According to the Associated Press, the Justice Department said Bain failed to pay income taxes owed from 2006 through 2008. During that period, she was [...]
*The Supreme Court has turned down the latest attempt by Wesley Snipes to get his conviction and prison sentence on tax charges overturned, reports the AP. The high court refused today to hear an appeal from Snipes, convicted in 2008 on three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file income tax returns. Snipes began a [...]
*Ja Rule has just pleaded guilty to tax evasion in a federal courtroom in Newark, New Jersey. The platinum-selling rapper admitted Tuesday that he failed to pay taxes on more than $3 million in income earned between 2004 and 2006, reports the AP. As part of a plea agreement, the government has dismissed two counts [...]
*TMZ is reporting that Wesley Snipes has reported to prison in Pennsylvania to begin his three-year sentence for tax evasion. Traci Billingsley, Chief Public Information Officer for the Bureau of Prisons, tells the website, “Wesley Snipes has self-surrendered to the minimum security Federal Prison Camp at the Federal Correctional Institution McKean, in Bradford, Pennsylvania.” The [...]
*The Associated Press is reporting on the conditions that will meet Wesley Snipes when he enters the prison camp in Lewis Run, Pennsylvania for a three-year sentence on tax evasion. Today, he’s scheduled to leave behind his wife, young children and celebrity neighbors in the wealthy Florida enclave made infamous by next-door neighbor Tiger Woods [...]
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