News: Wesley Snipes Sentenced to Prison For Tax Evasion

Wesley Snipes has a new role: prisoner. The actor was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for failing to file tax returns, the maximum penalty — and a victory for prosecutors who sought to make an example of the action star. In court, Snipes’ attorney presented letters from Denzel Washington, Woody Harrelson and other friends, vouching for his character, and Snipes attempted to sway the judge by offering three checks for $5 million to cover his debts to the government. None failed to impress the judge or convince him to give Snipes home detention. Snipes apologized for his “costly mistakes.” From New York, where he attended SUNY, Purchase [click here for more biography] Snipes has proven himself adept in comedy, drama, and action in numerous movies [watch clips]. “I am an idealistic, naive, passionate, truth-seeking, spiritually motivated artist, unschooled in the science of law and finance,” he said, adding that he was “well-intentioned, but miseducated.”