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Judge Postponse Snipes' Stint in Jail
WENN ^ | 08/14/10 | WENN

Posted on 08/24/2010 11:41:47 AM PDT by DustyMoment

Snipes' prison sentence postponed
WENN, August 24, 2010
Wesley Snipes has been spared jail for now; he's been granted a postponement ahead of his looming prison term.

"The Blade" star lost an appeal against his three-year jail sentence in July, after a 2008 trial found him guilty of willful failure to file his income tax returns to the U.S. government.

He was due to surrender to authorities to begin his stint behind bars on September 2 but on Monday a U.S. District Court judge granted him an emergency stay, according to Variety.com.

A new date for Snipes' surrender will not be set until several pending motions in the case are ruled on.

Last week, the actor's lawyers filed a motion asking to question jurors involved in his trial to find out whether they had pre-determined his guilt before the case was heard in court.

Meanwhile, Snipes has signed up to star in a new movie, "Havana Heat," which is due to begin filming in November.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: incometaxevasion; jail; snipes

1 posted on 08/24/2010 11:41:53 AM PDT by DustyMoment
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To: DustyMoment

Lindsey Lohan, Paris Hilton, Nicole Ritchie and now Wesley Snipes.

I’m beginning to see a pattern here . . . . . of favoritism towards celebrities.

Note the last paragraph in the article. It explains everything else!


2 posted on 08/24/2010 11:43:45 AM PDT by DustyMoment
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To: DustyMoment

Bad link


3 posted on 08/24/2010 11:44:17 AM PDT by earlJam
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To: DustyMoment
Lindsey Lohan, Paris Hilton, Nicole Ritchie and now Wesley Snipes.

One of these things is not like the others.

4 posted on 08/24/2010 11:45:46 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: DustyMoment
Who does he think he is?

Secretary of the Treasury?

5 posted on 08/24/2010 11:46:10 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: DustyMoment
I fought the law, and the law won.
6 posted on 08/24/2010 11:46:46 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The only stable state is one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
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To: earlJam
Bad link

It goes to the right place. The link is actually http://www.wonderwall.com/ and then select Snipes' picture. It's kind of a strange setup, to me. The source of the article was WENN, but they point you to the Wonderwall site.

7 posted on 08/24/2010 11:48:24 AM PDT by DustyMoment
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To: Tijeras_Slim
One of these things is not like the others.

Yep. I think Wesley Snipes is taller.

8 posted on 08/24/2010 11:50:06 AM PDT by newheart (History is an outbreak of madness--Ellul)
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To: newheart

I thought it was because he’s never been photographed getting out of a car without panties on.


9 posted on 08/24/2010 11:52:01 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
I thought it was because he’s never been photographed getting out of a car without panties on.

Do you have a picture of him getting out of a car WITH panties on? It could be worth a lot of money...unless, of course, it's from that movie "To Wong Fu" :)

10 posted on 08/24/2010 12:04:18 PM PDT by Living Free in NH
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Not yet anyway.


11 posted on 08/24/2010 12:05:40 PM PDT by newheart (History is an outbreak of madness--Ellul)
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To: DustyMoment

Maybe he is bribing the government with money.


12 posted on 08/24/2010 12:11:16 PM PDT by microgood
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To: DustyMoment
To quote one of Lohan's friend:

http://www.tmz.com/2010/05/15/lindsay-lohan-courtenay-semel-cannes-jail-video/

"Cannes only happens once a year and jail ain't going nowhere!"

13 posted on 08/24/2010 12:16:46 PM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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To: DustyMoment

Didn’t pay his taxes? Doesn’t that mean he should get a job with the regime?


14 posted on 08/24/2010 1:03:50 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: DustyMoment
"Wesley Snipes has been spared jail for now; he's been granted a postponement ahead of his looming prison term.

That's because they know he's got a job to do first.


15 posted on 08/24/2010 1:06:04 PM PDT by Sloth (Civil disobedience? I'm afraid only the uncivil kind is going to cut it this time.)
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To: Sloth

First I ever heard of something like this. He must have pretty good attorneys!


16 posted on 08/24/2010 1:25:14 PM PDT by Mouton
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To: Mouton
They sure as hell can't be as bad as his accountants-then again once the IRS has it in for you - you're screwed. In today's legal system you are guilty until proven innocent & even if you are innocent, it's the old joke “The jury found you innocent but the judge is giving you 10 years just to be on the safe side”. Some prosecutors, in the interest of furthering their own careers, have become as corrupt as those they prosecute.
17 posted on 08/24/2010 1:47:05 PM PDT by Apercu ("A man's character is hs fate" - Heraclitus)
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To: Sloth

LOL! That would be way cool.

Kind of like Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets the Twilight folks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZwM3GvaTRM


18 posted on 08/24/2010 1:50:46 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: Oldpuppymax
Doesn’t that mean he should get a job with the regime?

LOL!!!

Wait, that's not funny!!!

19 posted on 08/24/2010 2:02:28 PM PDT by DustyMoment
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