Wesley Snipes Jail: Is Wesley Confusing Reality With His Movies?

From The Loop 21:

Actor Wesley Snipes' real life is starting to look a lot like some of the criminal roles he's played in movies.

Snipes, who has played everything from a drug dealer to an adulturer, was ordered to a three-year jail sentence last week after losing a court appeal over a case accusing him of not paying millions of dollars in taxes.

Snipes, who blames his money woes on his accountants and tax advisers, is learning the hard way what happens when you play with the IRS.

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The (Wayward) Kids of The Rich and Famous

The (Wayward) Kids of The Rich and Famous
When it comes to the rich and famous, there is never a shortage of headlines to feed the media's appetite. Many keep their children out of the limelight -- and for good reason. However, some children of the rich and famous make headlines of their own, and more often than not, it's for their behavior rather than their talents. Here is our list of children of the rich and famous who made the news for everything from sex tapes to murder.

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The (Wayward) Kids of The Rich and Famous

Name: Maia Campbell
Family Roots: Daughter of best-selling novelist Bebe Moore Campbell
What a Shame: Since her mother's death in 2006, Campbell has experienced a downward spiral of mental illness and substance abuse.

The (Wayward) Kids of The Rich and Famous

Name: Kim and Khloe Kardashian
Family Roots: Daughters of late O.J. Simpson lawyer Robert Kardashian
What a Shame: In 2007, Khloe Kardashian was arrested for DUI and sentenced to three years' probation. Also, that year, a sex tape made by big sis Kim and her former boyfriend, R&B singer Ray J, leaked to the public. The tape catapulted Kim to celebrity status.

The (Wayward) Kids of The Rich and Famous

Name: Montana Fishburne
Family Roots: Daughter of acclaimed actor Laurence Fishburne
What a shame: In July 2010, Fishburne made headlines after announcing that she would be following in socialite Kim Kardashian's footsteps by releasing her own sex tape.

The (Wayward) Kids of The Rich and Famous

Name: Bobbi Kristina
Family Roots: The child of R&B stars Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown (who Houston once called the king of R&B)
What a Shame: In 2007, the once precocious Bobbi Kristina raised eyebrows when she posted suggestive pictures of herself engaging in questionable activities on her MySpace page.

The (Wayward) Kids of The Rich and Famous

Name: JoJo Simmons
Family Roots: Son of hip-hop legend Joseph "Reverend Run" Simmons of Run D.M.C.
What a Shame: In May 2009, Simmons was arrested and charged with two counts of possession of marijuana and one count of resisting arrest, when he allegedly tried to ram his BMW into a cop car. He has also been slammed with two misdemeanors for criminal use of drug paraphernalia.

The (Wayward) Kids of The Rich and Famous

Name: Jamal "Shyne" Barrow
Family Roots: Son of Imeon Myvette and the Prime Minster of Belize Dean Barrow
What a Shame: After a nine-year stint for criminal use and possession of a firearm and reckless endangerment, the former Bad Boy Records rapper was released from jail in 2009.

The (Wayward) Kids of The Rich and Famous

Name: Caroline Giuliani
Family Roots: Daughter of former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and television reporter and actress Donna Hanover
What a Shame: In August 2010, Giuliani was taken into custody at a Sephora store in New York City after allegedly stealing more than $100 worth of cosmetics.

The (Wayward) Kids of The Rich and Famous

Name: Latoya Jackson
Family Roots: Daughter of Joe Jackson and Katherine Jackson
What a Shame: Often labeled the black sheep of the Jackson family, Latoya released a tell-all book, called 'La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family,' in 1991, in which she claimed (among other things) that the Jackson clan suffered physical and psychological abuse at the hands of their father.

The (Wayward) Kids of The Rich and Famous

Name: Nicole Richie
Family Roots: Daughter of music legend Lionel Richie
What a Shame: Before turning her life around to focus on her growing family with boyfriend and Good Charlotte front man Joel Madden, Richie constantly made headlines for partying and drug and alcohol abuse. In 2006, after making a splash with her gal pal Paris Hilton on the reality show 'The Simple Life,' Richie was arrested and charged with possession of heroin while driving with a suspended driver's license.

The (Wayward) Kids of The Rich and Famous

My colleague Shanon D. Murray first wrote about Snipes and his tax problems earlier this year and outlined the penalties for not paying your taxes and how to find a good financial planner.

While fines, penalties and jail time are enough to scare anyone into paying their taxes, I am here to argue about the moral reasons to pay Uncle Sam.

America is a place where every child can attend school. It is a country with an extensive highway system that can get you to some of the most fascinating places in the world. If you fall on hard times there are programs to help you get through until you land on your feet.It is a country of beautiful national parks. It is a place that supports its public colleges and universities. We have police that keep our streets safe and a military that defends our country from terrorists. We have free trash pickup in most communities.

All of this is supported some way or other by taxes, whether it be local, state or federal.

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We all know some of the programs are far from perfect. There are plenty of problems with some public schools, for instance. But taxes provide a better way of living in America than many places in the world.

Everyone in this country benefits from tax money. We all use roads. Most of us send our kids to public schools. And when people don't pay their share into the system they are being selfish.

I don't know if Snipes is guilty or not. But he denied the country millions of dollars that could have been put to good use.

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BV -- Talk Back!

Questions:
-Do you think Wesley Snipes is confusing reality with his movies in the form of criminal intent to avoid taxes?
-Was he more responsible for having better tax advisors than he will admit to?
-Do you think three years is too long of a sentence or too little?

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