WELSEY Snipes has entered prison. The ‘Blade’ actor – who has been sentenced to three years in jail for tax-related crimes – has now “surrendered” to the Federal Correctional Institution McKean in Pennsylvania, prison officials have confirmed. Traci Billingsley, chief public information officer for the Bureau of Prisons,…read more

WESLEY Snipes is hoping a “miracle” will keep him out of prison this week. The Blade star has been told he must present himself to the Federal Correctional Institution McKean, a medium-security prison in Pennsylvania, by 12pm tomorrow to start his three-year sentence for tax-related crimes but the…read more

WESLEY Snipes has been told he must go to jail. The 48-year-old actor was ordered by a federal judge on Friday (19.11.10) to surrender to authorities immediately and begin serving a three-year prison sentence for tax-related crimes. The Blade star’s lawyers had asked Florida Judge William Terrell Hodges…read more

WESLEY Snipes is calling for a mistrial in his tax evasion investigation. The Demolition Man star — who was handed a three-year sentence by US courts in April 2008 after he was found to have “willfully neglected” to file his income tax return — insists his trial wasn’t…read more

WESLEY Snipes has lost his appeal against a three-year jail sentence. The Blade star was told at the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta that the maximum prison term he was given for tax evasion in 2008 was appropriate because of the “serious” level of debt he…read more

WESLEY Snipes wants to make a Men Can’t Jump sequel — but admits he’s too old to slam-dunk! The actor, 47, says he and Woody Harrelson have talked about shooting a follow-up to the hit buddy movie which saw them playing basketball hustlers. “We’ve been trying to figure…read more

WESLEY Snipes claims he could take on anyone in a fight. The Blade actor — who is currently on bail and appealing a conviction against a three-year prison sentence for tax evasion — believes he would win any brawl hands down because of where he grew up. “I…read more

ACTOR Wesley Snipes is to ask an appeals panel to overturn his three federal tax convictions — because he believes the term is “unreasonable”. The Hollywood star — best known as the vampire-slaying hero in the Blade trilogy and for other tough-guy roles — was handed the sentence…read more