Tax Man Snipes
by Vera H-C ChanJan 19, 2008
He was a cop who reached the boiling point, a man with jungle fever. But when Wesley Snipes came to collect from the Tax Man, he may have met his match.
People knee-deep in IRS searches (+31%) have taken the time to look up "wesley snipes tax evasion" travails. As the former blockbuster star goes before a jury of his peers in February, it's hard to imagine how public sympathy will play out. Will they be on the side of the daywalker, who said recently that the government's just out to make an example out of him? Or will taxpayers believe a super-rich 12th-degree black belt should've known better?
But, we confess a fondness for the guy who didn't look half bad as a blond, or a woman, for that matter. Here's our free advice: This year, follow the regular Joe Wage Earner's searches in filing your 2007 paperwork....