Hollywood Star Wesley Snipes federal tax-evasion trial will go ahead next month in Florida, despite objections by his lawyers. Snipes, 45, is due to stand trial on charges he fraudulently claimed tax refunds of almost $12 million in 1996 and 1997. He is also accused of failing to file tax returns from 1999 to 2004. But his lawyers argued the star cannot get a fair trial in the city of Ocala and said he had the right to a trial in New York City where he was living when the alleged offences occurred. However, during a hearing on Monday, U.S. District Judge William T.Hodges ordered for the case to go ahead as scheduled.
Hollywood Star Wesley Snipes federal tax-evasion trial will go ahead next month in Florida, despite objections by his lawyers. Snipes, 45, is due to stand trial on charges he fraudulently claimed tax refunds of almost $12 million in 1996 and 1997. He is also accused of failing to file tax returns from 1999 to 2004. But his lawyers argued the star cannot get a fair trial in the city of Ocala and said he had the right to a trial in New York City where he was living when the alleged offences occurred. However, during a hearing on Monday, U.S. District Judge William T. Hodges ordered for the case to go ahead as scheduled.
