Wesley Snipes Begins 3-Year Prison Sentence Next Week

The date is set for Wesley Snipes, and he’s finally out of options. The ‘Blade’ hero was ordered to start his 3-year jail sentence for tax evasion on Dec. 9 at noon, Associated Press reports.

Snipes is scheduled to serve his time at a federal prison in Pennsylvania. Snipes, who has been free on bail since the 2008 conviction, has attempted to have his case overturned to no avail.

Prosecutors in Snipes’ case alleged that the actor had not paid any taxes on the reported $38 million he earned since 1999, in addition to several misdemeanor offenses. Although the star was acquitted of more serious felony charges , a Florida judge has ordered Snipes to begin serving his three-year sentence for his 2008 felony tax conviction.

“The Defendant Snipes had a fair trial … The time has come for the judgment to be enforced,” wrote U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges.

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