Wesley Snipes will be allowed to leave the United States to work on two movies while his lawyers appeal his tax convictions. Federal judge William Terrell Hodges on Wednesday approved the actor’s motion to travel to London and Bangkok, Thailand. Snipes will be in England about three days this month for post-production editing of “Gallowwalker,” and in Thailand for eight weeks to film “Chasing the Dragon.”
A jury convicted the action star in February of three counts of willfully failing to file his income taxes. The 45-year-old Snipes, star of the “Blade” trilogy, “White Men Can’t Jump” and “Jungle Fever” among other films, has appealed the convictions and his three-year prison sentence to the 11th Circuit Court in Atlanta.
Run Wesley! Run For The Hills! I hope Snipes ditches out and lives in an underground fortress in Thailand!….not really, but I would pump my fist in the air if he did.
Even though Wesley is most likely going to the big house, I think it’ s wise and fair that the judge will let him work in the meantime. These productions are counting on Snipes and it would be a loss for all involved if he wasn’t able to contribute. The judge has no doubt saved jobs and many, many headaches for the production team.
I am still holding out for an appeal, I don’t want Wesley to go to the slammer and hope that his lawyers are able to use their law magic to free him.
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