Method Man Avoids Jail Time In Tax Evasion Case

Method Man Avoids Jail Time In Tax Evasion Case

June 29, 2010 12:15:00 AM CDT

by Slava Kuperstein

Last year, it was reported that Method Man was arrested for Tax Evasion, failing to pay almost $33,000.



Facing up to four years in prison if convicted of felony Repeated Failure to File Personal Income and Earnings Tax, TMZ reports that Meth has entered a guilty plea to one count of misdemeanor Attempted Failure to Pay Taxes.



The plea bargain allows the Wu-Tang emcee to avoid jail time, but he did not leave the court room unscathed. The rapper avoided jail time by footing a $106,000 bill, and was sentenced to conditional discharge.



Before his arrest, Method Man would go on to explain that he never paid attention to notices from the IRS, and his touring and smoking lifestyle contributed to the oversight - a statement which he later clarified as a joke.

From HipHopDX.com
 
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