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Actor Wesley Snipes was ordered to voluntarily surrender to authorities on Wednesday (December 1), to begin serving a three-year sentence next week for tax evasion.
According to the Associated Press, the 48-year-old movie star was ordered by the U.S. Marshal's Office to report to the Federal Correctional Institution McKean in Lewis Run, Pennsylvania by no later than noon on December 9.
Snipes had tried to remain free on bail while appealing his conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court. But now, he'll have to face the music.
He was convicted of willful failure to file income tax returns in 2008. Following his conviction in Florida, Snipes appealed to the appellate court in Atlanta. But, the court upheld the conviction and sentence.
Snipes attempted to be granted a new trial last month. His attorneys argued that testimony by Kenneth Starr, a former financial adviser to celebrities, who admitted to cheating wealthy and elderly clients out of tens of millions of dollars, should be grounds for a retrial.
A judge rejected those arguments, reports the AP, writing that "the defendant Snipes had a fair trial; he has had a full, fair and thorough review of his conviction and sentence. ... The time has come for the judgment to be enforced."
Snipes' camp hadn't commented as of press time.
According to the Associated Press, the 48-year-old movie star was ordered by the U.S. Marshal's Office to report to the Federal Correctional Institution McKean in Lewis Run, Pennsylvania by no later than noon on December 9.
Snipes had tried to remain free on bail while appealing his conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court. But now, he'll have to face the music.
He was convicted of willful failure to file income tax returns in 2008. Following his conviction in Florida, Snipes appealed to the appellate court in Atlanta. But, the court upheld the conviction and sentence.
Snipes attempted to be granted a new trial last month. His attorneys argued that testimony by Kenneth Starr, a former financial adviser to celebrities, who admitted to cheating wealthy and elderly clients out of tens of millions of dollars, should be grounds for a retrial.
A judge rejected those arguments, reports the AP, writing that "the defendant Snipes had a fair trial; he has had a full, fair and thorough review of his conviction and sentence. ... The time has come for the judgment to be enforced."
Snipes' camp hadn't commented as of press time.
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