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GOODBYE WESLEY?

July 03, 2008

Wesley Snipes can go overseas to make more bad movies. The judge in Mr. Snipes tax evasion case has ruled that he can travel pending his appeal of his three-year tax evasion sentence. From E! Online:

According to Senior U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges' ruling, Snipes is allowed to go to London this month to complete postproduction on the horror film Gallowwalker and then to Bangkok in September to film the action flick Chasing the Dragon.

Prosecutors objected to what they called Snipes' vague estimate of how long he'd be spending in Thailand (eight weeks, the actor said), saying it's one thing to let him go to England for a week but another to allow him to spend at least two months "beginning a new project half-way around the world with an open-ended return date."

The last time Mr. Snipes was overseas, after his indictment, he wasn't in a great hurry to come home. It will be interesting to see how quickly he comes back. Meanwhile, it's the moviegoers who will pay the price for Mr. Snipes being allowed to resume work.

UPDATE: The TaxProf has a roundup, including court documents.

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