By Paul Shepard on Nov 15th 2010 4:19PM
Filed under: News, Profiles
Will someone please explain to me what's wrong with Wesley Snipes.
Blessed with good looks, acting talent, lots of money and worldwide fame, Snipes is spending more time paying lawyers and fighting a losing battle in court instead of kissing beautiful leading ladies on camera and adding to his fortune.
Snipes, who is out on bail, is fighting a 2008 conviction on tax evasion because of an alleged jury bias. Two jurors have stepped forward to say others on the panel decided the case without hearing any evidence.
Prosecutors also are accused of hiding damaging information about a key witness from the jury.
It makes sense that the 'Blade' star is trying everything in his power to beat the 2008 conviction, which carried a three-year prison sentence for failing to file several years of tax returns.
What doesn't make any sense at all is starting a fight with the IRS by even thinking of not paying taxes. That money-saving idea generally doesn't work for regular folks. It certainly won't work for a popular, highly paid black actor.
The government said Snipes owed nearly $3 million in taxes on almost $14 million in earnings.
I know one of the easiest things in the world to do is talk about someone else's money, but I can't resist.
Why would you threaten a big pile of money fighting the government over a little pile of money? It makes no sense.
I wish Snipes all luck possible in his fight with the feds, but of all the ways to squander talent, time and good fortune, not paying the government its share is one for the books.
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By: Lucky on 11/15/2010 11:34PM
Did that white woman take you to the bank? NOW you want to be exempt from paying taxes?
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By: Ant Bee on 11/15/2010 10:14PM
Well, first off your assessment of him is wrong in stating that he is "blessed with good looks". I guess that is a matter of opinion.
As for why he keeps fighting (a lost battle), it is because he did wrong (he knew he had to pay taxes just like everyone else), and he does not want to go to jail to do the time!
Not hard to figure out.
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By: blainejlundy Kumar on 11/16/2010 4:13AM
Tax Protesters often claim stupidity in criminal trials. It is called the "Cheek Defense". Cheek was a tax protester that claimed that he honestly believed that he didn't have to file and pay and it worked.
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By: shellfish789 on 11/16/2010 6:00AM
Wesley is getting what's due.....here's a BM who constantly say bad things about Black women and what really sad is he hit Halle Berry so hard...she lost hearing in her ears....this is proabley why Halle have problems with relationships...then he goes on a Black magazine and talks how "Black Women don't serve him" like asian women....he is another example of a BM whose got a little something then go out of his way to disrespect and belittle his own kind..... because he got a few breaks in life....he now .thinks he is above the law...he is not and he needs to Go to jail and in that jail cell....he can THINK how he is going to be a better person to himself and to Black women ....his mother Black..so why all this hatred....only in the Black race do the men constantly disrespect and belittle their women in public....and smile about it....when you disrespect your own, believe me, society see you as not trust worthy...
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By: Justifyed on 11/16/2010 9:58AM
Was is Wesley who hit Halle? I thought it was Christopher Williams who hit her.
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By: Add Another Comment on 11/16/2010 11:07AM
Good Looks? This guy looks like an ugly Black gorilla...good looks is Brad Pitt..good looks is Paul Walker...good looks is David Beckham.
Black Men are so full of themselves so I know the guy that wrote this article must be Black..nice try dude but this monkey needs to get back in his cage.
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By: Justifyed on 11/16/2010 4:54PM
Wrong again.... your version handsome is distorted... Wesley is not handsome by any stretch of the imagination, but those you mention are only handsome by hollywierd standards. Not ours...I don't do "stick figures" black or white.
Black men full of themselves? Please have you seen the eye candy on arms of those you mentioned? You'd have to have plastic surgery, breast implants, and butt implants to get one of them to do a double take.
White men are all about the superficial. Plastic surgeons keep their pockets lined with all the plastic going on in the "white world".
So before you talk about gorillas in cages...get a load of the merchandise you're trying to unload.
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By: linda on 11/16/2010 8:36PM
BLESSED WITH GOOD LOOKS????????????????????
LITERALLY HE LOOKS LIKE A MONSTER!
YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE HIM -TAR BABY TAR BABY!!
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By: shellfish789 on 11/16/2010 3:44PM
" Berry also dated Wesley Snipes, who allegedly hit her hard enough to cause hearing loss in one ear."
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1501313/halle_berry_tried_black_men_fell_for.html
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By: Juanita on 11/16/2010 6:59PM
NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE TAKE CARE OF YOUR BUSINESS. MAKE SURE YOUR LAWYERS AND ACCOUNTANT ARE DOING WHAT YOU ARE PAYING THEM FOR.EVERY YEAR HAVE THEM SHOW YOU THAT YOU PAID.
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