DMX has been sentenced to one year in jail for tax evasion for over ten years.
The Ruff Ryder rapper whose real name is Earl Simmons was brought before a judge, Jed Rakoff who delivered the sentencing.
It
is reported that DMX didn't pay tax on income earned from 2002 to
2005, and from 2010 to 2015. On top of the prison sentence, Simmons must
pay $2.29M back to the US government.
Simmons had
pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion but disputed the
prosecution’s claim that he deliberately avoided tax by living a “cash lifestyle”,
and by concealing his wealth during a bankruptcy hearing. He said he
did not steal the money “like a criminal in a comic book”, and
acknowledged that the tax should be paid.
The
sentence was a long way below the five years recommended by the
prosecution. Sentencing judge Jed Rakoff acknowledged Simmons was “a good man, a very far from perfect man”, but said he had committed a “brazen and blatant” crime.
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