More than two years after Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion, it looks like the action star will have to start serving his term. U.S. District Judge Terrell Hodges denied a request for a new trial and revoked bail for Snipes in a Miami court this morning. “The time has come for the judgment to be enforced,” said Hodges, ordering Blade to surrender himself to the court immediately. Snipes didn’t file income tax returns from 1999 to 2001, with prosecutors accusing him of hiding up to $39 million. Two of his money handlers, who he’s on occasion blamed for his woes, were previously given ten and four-and-a-half year sentences.
Snipes has put a lot of work in to avoid this day, challenging the location of his trial, refusing to answer questions regarding his debts and even leaving the country to work on movies. Will he turn himself in peacefully or find himself needed on a film shoot with Roman Polanski?
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