# Wesley Snipes freed from prison **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 5, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965 "2013-04-05T22:43:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/1 "2013-04-05T22:43:51Z")
For anyone who cares, he got out of prison 3 days ago and is under some kind of house arrest until July, when he is freed entirely. I hope they put him in Expendables 3 or make a Blade 4(to make up for the bad Blade 3). He’s been in prison since 2010 for tax problems. Specifically, he didn’t pay his taxes, which apparently they care about. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/2 "2013-04-05T22:52:34Z")
This is racialism. Rich white people never get in trouble ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/3 "2013-04-05T22:54:02Z")
Does he get to keep the money now? They probably fined it away from him already, huh? I hope so actually. As a tax payer, I’m not a big fan of tax dodgers. However, good for him. I liked him as an actor. Not a lot of range, but a sort of intensity that was fun to watch. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/4 "2013-04-05T22:54:42Z")
Blade III!!! Wooo-hooo!!! ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/5 "2013-04-05T22:57:07Z")
Quick, someone call John Spartan! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/6 "2013-04-05T23:03:06Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > He’s been in prison since 2010 for tax problems. Specifically, he didn’t pay his taxes, which apparently they care about. 😛 Oh no, it’s much worse than that. He [started spouting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesly_snipes#Tax_conviction) “tax protestor” arguments, which really, _really_ makes the IRS see red. If you want the IRS to make an example of you, that’s the way to go; both for public policy reasons, and because those people are _very irritating_ and the IRS folks have to deal with them _all the time_. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/7 "2013-04-05T23:16:10Z")
Maybe he and Nicolas Cage and Lindsay Lohan can get together and make a film about the IRS. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/8 "2013-04-05T23:21:05Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Maybe he and Nicolas Cage and Lindsay Lohan can get together and make a film about the IRS. Only if Snipes and Lohan let Cage talk to them about Scientology. I liked Snipes as an actor. I hope he gets decent work soon. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/9 "2013-04-05T23:21:50Z")
I read someplace (probably the Enquirer) Lilo can’t get insurance to finish a film - apparently the studios need to insure actors for that sort of thing and what I read either flat out stated or strongly implied that she was uninsurable. Not to be too ghoulish, but I think there are odds for whether or not she even makes it to her next birthday ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/10 "2013-04-05T23:23:26Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Maybe he and Nicolas Cage and Lindsay Lohan can get together and make a film about the IRS. Soundtrack by Willie Nelson. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/11 "2013-04-06T00:00:58Z")
The guy is a tool and I have no sympathy for him. Pay your fucking taxes like the rest of us have to, asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/12 "2013-04-06T00:40:11Z")
So does he still have to pay those back taxes? Or does going to prison for not paying them clear the slate for him? ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/13 "2013-04-06T00:50:27Z")
[Here’s the story from CNN](http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/05/showbiz/wesley-snipes-released) - not much detail. The last of the 4 paragraphs is funny though - in a curiously sad way. > [@](#): > > In June 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of his sentence, which he had argued was too harsh for a misdemeanor conviction. Three years on a misdemeanor? I didn’t think that was possible. I would have sworn the cut off was 1 year and after that it would be considered a felony. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/14 "2013-04-06T01:49:35Z")
He owes $17 million I think, which I would guess he does not have anymore. He may need to make a Blade movie or something just to pay back the amount owed, whatever amount they negotiate to. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/15 "2013-04-06T01:54:29Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > [Here’s the story from CNN](http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/05/showbiz/wesley-snipes-released) - not much detail. The last of the 4 paragraphs is funny though - in a curiously sad way. Three years on a misdemeanor? I didn’t think that was possible. I would have sworn the cut off was 1 year and after that it would be considered a felony. Huh. Three misdemeanors = three years. IOW, he got the max. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/16 "2013-04-06T02:09:47Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Three misdemeanors = three years. IOW, he got the max. Ah, and they made them consecutive rather than concurrent. I don’t recall much about sentencing guidelines, but I think that’s also unusual. edit: Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/17 "2013-04-06T03:13:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > For anyone who cares, he got out of prison 3 days ago and is under some kind of house arrest until July, when he is freed entirely. > > I hope they put him in Expendables 3 or make a Blade 4(to make up for the bad Blade 3). > > He’s been in prison since 2010 for tax problems. Specifically, he didn’t pay his taxes, which apparently they care about. 😛 Srsly? I thought we jailed him for _Blade 3: Trinity_. I mean I know he regrets doing it and all, but that doesn’t let a guy off the hook for his crimes, especially not for crimes against humanity. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/18 "2013-04-06T03:43:42Z")
Crap, I knew I was missing one. Blade IV, woo-hoo!!! [sniffle] but I liked Trinity. Wasn’t real happy about the ending, but maybe that was to set up the series? IDK, probably not. If you like the vamp genre, here’s one that’s kind of off beat but pretty well done and looks at things from the point of view a vamp dominated world - [Daybreakers (2009)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433362/). Of course, consider my previous comment about liking Trinity - YMMV (IOW, have your AAA card handy). ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/19 "2013-04-06T12:43:24Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > Quick, someone call John Spartan! Man, it’s the future already? Where’s my shells? Why hasn’t Taco Bell become a monopoly? I feel ripped off. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965/20 "2013-04-06T13:37:48Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Man, it’s the future already? Where’s my shells? Why hasn’t Taco Bell become a monopoly? I feel ripped off. Perhaps there was some kind of fast-food Kyle Reese who returned from the future and prevented The Franchise Wars. I would like to think that it was either Dave Thomas, Grimace, or possibly The Noid. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-snipes-freed-from-prison/654965.md?page=2)