Wesley Snipes will be spending three years at ClubFed. Judge William Terrel Hodges sentenced Snipes to the maximum possible sentence on his three misdemeanor charges. The Associated Press noted that Judge Hodges said that Snipes had shown a “history of contempt over a period of time.”
During the sentencing hearing Snipes’ Attorney Daniel Meachum handed Judge Hodges three envelopes containing $5 million in checks. The judge didn’t accept them, nor did Assistant US Attorney Scot Morris. Later, an agent from the IRS did accept the funds. However, Morris later noted, “Your honor, that was a grandstanding move. It’s essentially a down payment on his taxes. It is in no way a settlement of his taxes. It will be a fraction of what he owes.”
Snipes will also spend one year on supervised release following his prison sentence. Snipes requested, and Judge Hodges will recommend, that he serve his time near his family’s home in New Jersey. Snipes will report at a date to be determined by the Bureau of Prisons.
Also sentenced today were Snipes’ co-defendants. Eddie Kahn also got the maximum sentence, 10 years at Club Fed, and Douglas Rosile received 4 1/2 years.
After the sentencing, Linda Moreno, another of Snipes’ attorneys, told Ocala.com, “We were hoping for a complete acquittal. I have faith in the process, and I have faith in the jury system. We will appeal.”
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