When put next to a sentence for sexual battery, a year in jail for cheating the government out of $271,000 of taxes doesn't seem very rock 'n' roll. Or, rather, it doesn't seem very hip hop. And to be honest, a year in jail for tax evasion doesn't seem particularly harsh when the judge allows you to serve it at the same time as the six years you're already serving for the battery offence. Whatever, rapper Mystikal, midway through a six year sentence for forcing a woman to perform oral sex, was given an additional year in jail last week after admitting he failed to file tax returns on the $824,916 he earned in 1998 and the $930,953 he made in 1999. As the jail time will be served concurrently with his current incarceration, the order to pay back taxes and additional penalties will presumably hit harder.
Jan 16, 2006
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Mystikal fined and jailed over tax evasion
Rapper Mystikal has been sentenced to a year in jail, served concurrently with his current term, for failing to file tax returns on earnings from 1998 and 1999.