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Report: Golfer Jim Thorpe owes back taxes

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Published: Feb. 12, 2009 at 1:44 PM

TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Champions Tour golfer Jim Thorpe is accused of not paying nearly $1.6 million in taxes, the Tampa Tribune reported Thursday.

The report said the government claims Thorpe needs to pay back taxes over a three-year span covering 2002-04.

Thorpe, 59, of Heathrow, Fla., faces four counts of failing to file an income tax return and three counts of failing to pay income taxes, charges which could land him a seven-year federal prison sentence and a fine of up to $3.2 million.

"We look forward to having a trial," Thorpe's lawyer, Mark Horwitz, told the newspaper. "We don't think he's willfully violated the law. That's not to say he doesn't owe the tax, but we don't think he's guilty of a crime."

The government's complaint said Thorpe also earned money from several endorsements, received at least $1.7 million in gambling winnings, and failed to make estimated tax payments against his accountant's advice.

Topics: Jim Thorpe
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