Well, StealingCable favorite Wesley Snipes is at it again. This time he is fighting a corrupt government, who is accusing him of stealing millions of dollars that he undoubtedly gave to the poor. Only this time, it's real life, and Snipes is the poor. The IRS is accusing Snipes and his accountant of stealing something like 12 million dollars by filing fraudulent tax returns. On top of that, he apparently didn't pay any taxes between 1999 and 2004 (that's a good accountant!). This story makes me wonder why a 1990s action movie star, who is now one of the hot new direct to video commodities, needs to steal money? I mean the guy just released "The Detonator" (on video store shelves now!).
Anyway, I wish him the best. If this does go to trial, I think Snipes should channel some Nino Brown and drop this soliloquy on the masses (just replace drugs with taxes): "I'm not guilty. *You're* the one that's guilty. The lawmakers, the politicians, the Columbian drug lords, all you who lobby against making drugs legal. Just like you did with alcohol during the prohibition. You're the one who's guilty. I mean, c'mon, let's kick the ballistics here: Ain't no Uzi's made in Harlem. Not one of us in here owns a poppy field. This thing is bigger than Nino Brown. This is big business. This is the American way."
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