It could have been the six kids she had in a short amount of time. 5 with Bob Marley’s son-- I don’t believe she’s named the father of the last one. Having 5 kids with a married man (I mean a man who is married but not to you) can make you a bit dizzy.
Hell, having 6 kids-- 4 of them under the age of 10-- can break anybody.
Bottom line is that she stopped living on the same wavelength as the rest of us. I have no idea why. She seemed sane when she was with the Fugees, and through Miseducation, but after that something went . . . awry. And yes, it had consequences on her looks.
As long as she pays up, I don’t really see the point of imprisoning her unless they can prove some grounds for mandated mental health treatment.
A nasty, entitled, overly full-of-herself Diva cunt, spitting on an assistant before one of her shows, supposedly because the aide wasn’t fast enough in bringing her a bottle of water, routinely starting her shows several hours late, keeping her fans wondering if she would even bother to perform, and now crying RACISM after caught cheating on her taxes.
Throw the washed-up old bitch in jail for the full three years…
Turns out she was having an affair with Clef throughout the heights of the Fugees’ success. He supposedly had quite a manipulative emotional hold on her. ‘Miseducation…’ was largely about their relationship and breakup. Dealing with the emotional fallout of that in the middle of the worldwide fame kinda made her decide to withdraw from the public eye. She’s been getting weirder and weirder ever since.
And Wesley Snipes got caught up with the tax protestor whackos, and I understand using those tactics is an excellent means of making the IRS come down hard on you.
It sounds like her emotional involvement with Wyclef and breakup left her vulnerable to some shady advisor. She’s definitely got issues that need a real therapist, not some hack guru.
As discussed in the threads about Wesley Snipes, it takes a lot to go to jail over not paying taxes. Typically, it’s not just not paying, but willful efforts to not pay. Snipes went to jail because he fell for some tax protester shit. The IRS has probably had lengthy efforts to get Lauryn Hill to pay up. They save jail time for punishing the deliberate offenders. If she’s a candidate for jail time, she’s trying hard.