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ACTOR WESLEY SNIPES FILM PREMIERE

NYP2000120807- 07 DECEMBER 2000- NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA: Actor Wesley Snipes attends the December 7, 2000 New York premiere of his film Disappearing Acts. bc/ep/Ezio Petersen UPI

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Prosecutors defend Snipes jail sentence

TAVARES, Fla., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors say the three-year jail sentence given to U.S. film star Wesley Snipes was fair given his disregard for tax laws.

More charges for Snipes' tax adviser

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Eddie Ray Kahn, the Sorrento, Fla., man who served as actor Wesley Snipes' tax adviser, reportedly has been named in a 12-count federal indictment.

Snipes allowed to leave country to film

OCALA, Fla., July 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. District judge in Florida has granted actor Wesley Snipes's request to leave the country to work on two movies.

Snipes granted bail as he awaits appeal

OCALA, Fla., May 22 (UPI) -- Actor Wesley Snipes will stay out of jail until a higher court reviews his Florida conviction and sentence on tax charges, a federal judge has ruled.

Snipes ordered to report for prison June 3

OCALA, Fla., May 21 (UPI) -- A Florida judge has ordered Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes to surrender by June 3 to start serving his three-year federal prison sentence on tax charges.

Snipes gets maximum sentence in tax case

OCALA, Fla., April 24 (UPI) -- Despite pleas from a cavalcade of Hollywood stars, Wesley Snipes received the maximum penalty for tax fraud in a Florida court Thursday, officials said.

Snipes acquitted of some tax fraud charges

OCALA, Fla., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A Florida jury Friday acquitted U.S. movie star Wesley Snipes of felony tax fraud and conspiracy charges.

Defense rests in Snipes tax trial

OCALA , Fla., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Wesley Snipes' defense attorneys rested Monday morning in the Hollywood actor's federal tax-evasion trial in Florida.

Snipes tax evasion trial underway

OCALA , Fla., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Wesley Snipes' legal team said the U.S. actor intended to pay $11 million in back taxes, but was waiting for information from the Internal Revenue Service.

Snipes' tax trial set to begin next month

OCALA, Fla., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Wesley Snipes' tax evasion trial is set to start in Florida next month, The Ocala Star-Banner reported Thursday.

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