Wesley Snipes Sentenced to Jail

Wesley Snipes has been sentenced to three years in jail for tax evasion.

“Nathan J. Hochman, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, said, “Snipes’ long prison sentence should send a loud and crystal clear message to all tax defiers that if they engage in similar tax defier conduct, they face joining him and his co-defendants … as inmates in prison.”

Snipes hasn’t filled taxes in awhile. He was convicted in February for three misdemeanor charges and owed “the man” nearly $3 million. His defense tactics? He claims he didn’t owe the government shiz because he “doesn’t recognize the IRS as a proper government agency.” As if they aren’t putting him in jail simply for being a dumbass, he adds douchebaggery to the conviction. He enlisted Denzel Washington and Woody Harrleson - to write character witness statements to woo the judge’s mercy.

Denzel wrote:

“Like a tree – a mighty oak. He stands for so many, “like a tree, planted by streams of water with leaves that do not wither.” Many who know him have witnessed the fruits of his labors, have sat in his shade and even been protected by his presence. I am proud of him, proud to call him a fellow thespian and most importantly, proud to call him my friend.”

Wesley…you’re doomed. I hope you still have your Noxema Jackson getup from “To Wong Foo.” I have a feeling your going to be hearing, “Boy you got a purdy mouth.”

Source: Wesley Gets Three Years [TMZ]

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Richard Quest of CNN Arrested – Tied Rope to Genitals

CNN personality Richard Quest was busted in Central Park early yesterday with some drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot.

He was trying to murder his balls?

Reports the New York Post,

Quest, 46, was arrested at around 3:40 a.m. after a cop spotted him and another man inside the park near 64th Street, a police source said.

The criminal complaint against Quest said the park was closed at the time – something Quest should have known because of all the signs saying “Park Closed 1 a.m. to 6 a.m.”

Quest was initially busted for loitering, the source said. Aside from the oddly configured rope, the search also turned up a sex toy inside of his boot, and a small bag of methamphetamine in his left jacket pocket.

It wasn’t immediately clear what the rope was for.

The criminal complaint says the officer at the scene was able to ID the drug because of “his prior experience as a police officer in drug arrests, observation of packaging which is characteristic of this type of drug, and defendant’s statements that . . . ‘I’ve got some meth in my pocket.’ ”

He was charged with loitering and criminal possession of a controlled substance. His unusual get-up didn’t lead to a lewdness charge because he wasn’t exposing himself, the police source said.

Quest’s unidentified companion was given a summons for not carrying any identification, the source said.

Quest’s lawyer, Alan Abramson, had a much more innocuous version of events.

“Mr. Quest didn’t realize that the park had a curfew,” Abramson said. He was simply “returning to his hotel with friends.”

At a hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court, Quest agreed to undergo six months of drug counseling in return for an “adjournment in contemplation of dismissal,” which means the misdemeanor charges against him will be dropped and the case sealed if he stays out of trouble and completes his drug program.

He was released with no bail after spending most of the day behind bars.

Both news people and politicians have gone to the shitter. Although it’s been a long time since Richard has posted on his blog at CNN — it might be a good place to leave him a message.

What others said:

• Dlisted says, “And I thought Anderson Cooper was the kinky bitch at CNN.”
• Gawker says, “Using the trash can drug meth makes a person mighty paranoid. So it was probably fear of having his genitals stolen that moved CNN talker Brian Quest (who is British) to attach them to his neck with a rope.”

source: KINKY NEWS NETWORK-CNN’S QUEST A VERY ‘KNOTTY’ BOY [new york post]

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