Wesley Snipes: Criminal Fugitive?
by Jeff Davis
Well, looks like we won’t get to see a low-speed chase with black actor Wesley Snipes crouching down in the backseat of a white Bronco (just like OJ Simpson twelve years ago). Snipes has decided that, in view of his recent indictment by the IRS and Justice Department for massive tax fraud, now is a good time for him to re-discover his African roots.
A Reuters article reports that Snipes is now “Filming a movie in the African country of Namibia which has no extradition treaty with Washington. ‘It is confirmed. He is definitely here,’ Edwin Kanguatjivi, chief executive officer of the Namibia Film Commission, said by telephone. ‘He has been in Namibia since the end of August.’” (In other words, somebody tipped Snipes off to the pending indictment.) “U.S. officials in Tampa, Florida, issued a warrant for Snipes’ arrest on an indictment that alleges the 44-year-old actor illegally claimed tax refunds of almost $12 million. Snipes…could face 16 years in prison if convicted on all charges.” (more…)