Wesley Snipes News
April 2008: Wesley Snipes given a three year sentence
Wesley Snipes was sentenced to a three year prison sentence by United States District Judge William Terrell Hodges.
It was the maximum term requested by prosecutors.
Wesley Snipes had been found guilty of deliberately failing to file tax returns for 1999, 2000 and 2001.
1 February 2008 - Snipes found guilty of the lesser charges:
Wesley Snipes has been found guilty of three charges of failing to file tax returns.
However, the jury cleared Snipes of the felony charges of tax fraud and conspiracy.
CNN has a report on the Wesley Snipes verdict.
24 October 2006 - No US request yet for Snipes extradition from Namibia:
Following on from the US arrest warrant issued for Wesley Snipes last week, for conspiracy to defraud the IRS charges, for which if found guilty he faces up to 16 years in jail, Namibia government sources have revealed that there has been no request for extradition yet. Wesley Snipes is in Namibia, filming Gallowwalker.
22 December 2004 - Wesley Snipes vs. New York: Wesley Snipes is suing the city of New York over an arrest warrant issued against him, claiming that it has no jurisdiction to arrest him as part of an Indiana paternity case.
Snipes says the city had no authority to seek his DNA and alleges the woman involved is a mentally ill former crack addict who has a history of making wild accusations against celebrities.
The legal action says the woman, who claimed to have had Snipes's child, falsely said they had sex in a crack house when in fact they had actually never met.