Posted on 05/07/2013 5:54:21 AM PDT by mandaladon
Reclusive soul superstar Lauryn Hill has been jailed over an enormous unpaid tax bill.
Fugees singer Hill, 37, was sentenced to three months' jail followed by three months' home confinement for failing to pay $500,000 to the taxman in the United States.
Hill claimed the sum was outstanding because she had "withdrawn from society" after alleged threats against her family.
She was imprisoned after failing to pay the amount within the stipulated two-week timeframe.
During her trial, Hill was ordered by the judge in Newark, New Jersey to undergo counselling because of her conspiracy theories - including that artists are being oppressed by a plot involving the military and media.
Hill pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion last year. Her lawyers said she had paid more than $970,000 of an outstanding tax bill which amounted to more than $2m.
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” Dionne is $10 million bucks in debt. How the hell you get into $10 million in debt? The woman has had umpteen hit songs.”
She obviously doesn’t “Know The way to San Jose.” Athletes, Singers, you name it, they hit it big on their “talent,” but they can’t find someone honest to help them manage their newfound fame. Especially prize fighters, most of whom have died penniless.
On the bright side the psych counseling means she’s forever lost the right to buy, own or possess a firearm ...
It’s got to be taxes or something like that, they don’t file in 10 years or something because I cannot possibly see how somebody can get into $10 million in debt otherwise.
I just looked her up, it *is* tax debt. Do I even need to guess she voted for Obama and every tax-a-holic Democrat for the past 50 years? lol! To imitate the voice of Alex Trebek: “Oooo no I’m sore-rey Ms. Warwick...You just effed yourself in the arse...Pick another candidate!”
The entities who make the big money on hit songs are the songwriters (in this case Burt Bacharach and Hal David) and the record label. The artist makes big money on performances. Warwick hasn’t had a performance career in decades.
Another Black Racist making excuses. Surprised she didn’t blame George Zimmerman, too
Very talented singer... total nucking futball but a great singer.
Just as rats in a cage can be made to do obsessive, unrelated behaviors by being randomly rewarded with food pellets, seeing other minority members receiving such things as million-dollar Pigford payouts by lying about their presumed oppression in grand fashion, lesser minority figures similarly try to "win the lotto jackpot" by doing such things as wildly playing the race card.
HF
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