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We've all heard the old adage, "I don't have to do nothing, but stay black and die." We all know there are more things in life that one MUST do such as paying taxes. It's quite possible that Robin Givens, ex-wife of both Mike Tyson and former tennis instructor Svetozar Marinkovic, tried to alter her destiny. The veteran actress is in hot water for allegedly neglecting to pay $292,000 in taxes, interest and penalties as far back as 1996.Perhaps this "memory lapse" began when husband number two entered the scene. In 1997, Givens swapped vows with Marinkovic, her then-tennis instructor. This union proved to be a disaster and was even shorter than her marriage to Iron Mike. The day she married Svet, they separated! What could move a person to enter such a commitment and call it quits the same day, citing "irreconcilable differences"?
Ya think?
Back to the financial woe at hand
According to Forbes.com, in a lawsuit filed last week, the feds asked the federal court in Tampa, Fla., to enter a formal judgment against Givens on 39 separate assessments covering eight of the 12 calendar years through 2007. Such a court finding would make it easier for the Internal Revenue Service to try to collect the allegedly unpaid amounts by garnishing Givens' earnings or levying her assets, such as bank accounts.Former classmate of Holly Robinson Peete, Givens has seen her share of trouble with the IRS.
Truth be told, there are state tax liens filed against her in Florida, New York and California, but it appears she has settled some of them. In 2004, she was sued by a little 84-year-old pedestrian whom she struck with her SUV in a crosswalk.
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Top Celeb Tax Cheats
No. 15 - Wesley Snipes
Tax Crime: Tax fraud charges amounting to nearly $12 million in false returns and six years of not filing.
Lesson Learned: Taxes are due each year, not once every six years. Snipes has been found not guilty of the most serious tax charges.
(Photo: Peter Cosgrove, AP)
No. 14 - Martha Stewart
Tax Crime: Insider trading is not the only thing on Martha's rap sheet. She also got a slap on the wrist for not paying property taxes.
Lesson Learned: Not spending a lot of time at one of your many homes is not a good excuse for allegedly not paying $220,000 in state taxes. (Photo: Bebeto Matthews,AP)
No. 13 - Sinbad
Tax Crime: California put him high on their non-taxpayer list owing more than $2.1 million.
Lesson Learned:The tax man does not find tax evasion funny. (Photo: Steve Snowden, Getty Images)
No. 12 - Dionne Warwick
Tax Crime: Warwick owed nearly $2.7 million according to California's list of most-delinquent taxpayers.
Lesson Learned: Just because you are a do-gooder, that doesn't mean you can skip out on taxes.(Photo: Scott Gries, Getty Images)
No. 11 - Marc Anthony
Tax Crime:Jennifer Lopez's Marc Anthony agreed to pay $2.5 million in back taxes, interest and penalties for his failure to file returns for five years between 2000 and 2004.
Lesson Learned: Make sure youraccountant files your taxes.
No. 10 - Ronald Isley
Tax Crime:The Isley Brothers lead singer went to jail ans was ordered to pay $3.1 million in back taxes in 2006.
Lesson Learned: They called Isley a "serial tax avoider!" Sounds like everyone in America. He is scheduled for release in 2010. (Photo: Alex Brandon, AP)
No. 9 - Nicholas Cage
Tax Crime: The IRS says Cage used a company he owns to wrongly write off $3.3 million in personal expenses.
Lesson Learned: If you buy yourself a turbo jet airplane to fly wherever you want, you can't write it off as a business expense.
No. 8 - Richard Pryor
Tax Crime:The actor/comedian served 10 days in a Los Angeles county jail in 1974 for tax evasion following a tax investigation.
Lesson Learned: Pryor says he told the judge he forgot to pay. The judge told Pryor he'd remember to pay the next year. (Photo: Bob Riha Jr., WireImage.com)
No. 7 - Sophia Loren
Tax Crime: The Academy Award winning Italian actress served an 18-day sentence for tax evasion in an Italian prison in 1982.
Lesson Learned: You have to pay taxes in Italy too.
No. 6 - O.J. Simpson
Tax Crime: O.J. is on California's list of the top 250 delinquency taxpayers. No. 15 to be exact.
Lesson Learned: Will O.J. ever really learn? (Photo: Jae C. Hong, AP)
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By: Bilal Robinson on 5/29/2009 6:49AM
My heart greives for Robin, she should have stayed the course for some exit money from the White boy, she didn't front him long enough, maybe make a baby for him
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By: Terence on 5/28/2009 2:12PM
I find it amazing that people can prosecute someone that they do not know. Who knows what this woman is dealing with..? Regardless of how U feel about her, Tyson had no right 2 abuse her...look how karma is treating him now.
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By: TERRY on 5/28/2009 3:02PM
WHEN YOU MARRY FOR MONEY AND DECIEVE THE ONE WITH THE MONEY AND SUE OR GET REWARDED THINGS YOU HAD BETTER REMEMBER THE UPKEEPING OF WHAT YOU HAVE THATS WHY JORDAN AND WORTHY WERE SMART NOT TO LEAVE THEIR HUSBANDS CAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO SUBSTAIN THEMSELVES,THATS WHY BEING RICH IS NO GOOD,YOU WILL COME BACK TO BEING UNRICH ONE DAY
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By: Sir topham hat on 5/28/2009 3:05PM
Here we go. I guarantee you, Robin puts hands on Iron Mike first. Then, once he started beating that azz, she played the gender card. Just like Whitney Houston, when she was interviewed by Diane Sawyer with Bobby Brown next to her, Diane asked, did it ever get physical, whitney said, yes, I've hit him and slapped him. Nothing from the media, nothing from NOW, nothing nothing nothing. Now, once Bobby Brown started beating that azz, here comes the gender card and everyone starts in. So f**K robin.
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By: SUS7637 on 5/29/2009 7:24PM
SIR MORON TOPHAM.. WHY DONT YOU JUST SHUT THE HELL UP, PUT SOME GARTER STOCKING AND BEND YOUR AZZ OVER FOR SOME YOU BIG HOMO!
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By: TERRY on 5/28/2009 3:08PM
THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD FORM A DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND REINVENT HOW OUR COUNTRY IS RUN THESE OLD WAYS LEAD TO ALL OUR PROBLEMS ALL RULES WERE MADE UP OF THE WRONG PEOPLE MADE BY THE WRONG PEOPLE AND FOR THE WRONG PEOPLE NOT FOR ALL NOW THATS CHANGE
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By: TERRY on 5/28/2009 3:19PM
if you ask me instead of taxes change the usa,everyone use their expertise,and just let people come and get what they need free of charge.if you make cars make them you make gas make it you supply food supply it and all people come to distribution centers and just get what you need and leave and let that happen everyday all the time look what earth would be like then if you repair repair you get it
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By: Pamela on 5/30/2009 2:02PM
That is called communism and sadly since greed is a human inherent trait, it does not work.
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By: TERRY on 5/28/2009 3:25PM
WITH THE WAY THIS WOMAN HAS USED PEOPLE AND I DONT BELIEVE SHE CAN SAY THAT SHE HASN'T I THINK SHE SHOULD REALLY BE JUGDED BY GOD FIRST BUT MY OPINION IS SHE SHOULD BE PUNISHED REAL HARD LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO COULD USE JUST PART OF THE MONEY SHE HAS BEAT PEOPLE OUT OF THAT SO MANY OF US COULD REALLY USE TO ME SHE IS SHAMING HERSELF
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By: terry on 5/30/2009 2:25PM
LAST COMMENT TO ME I KNOW A LOT OF WOMEN THAT LOOK WAY BETTER THAN ROBIN GIVENS CHARLOTTE LADYS THEY FINE COUNTRY GIRLS IN THEY OWN WAY AND I KNOW SOME THAT ARE ALMOST BALD THAT LOOK BETTER THAN HER
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