BLADE-Y CHEEK

Wesley Snipes must already be the cheekiest man on earth, after being convicted of tax fraud in April. Despite the fact he was found guilty of owing the trifling amount of $3m in back taxes and blatant dodges he remains at large, spinning out his appeal and living the high life in Hollywood, even as the IRS slap another $200,000 fine on him for wasting their time and resources.

Most people would sit quietly at home and savour the atmosphere if they had a three year jail sentence hanging over their head, especially if they were famous for playing confrontational hard men. Well, not Wesley. He just loves the money, and he wants to carry on working.

He has applied to have his passport returned so that he can travel to London and Bangkok to make some more rubbish films. The cheek of it! Even worse, he has stated in court documents that he really needs to work. Not to keep him in the luxuriant lifestyle he and his entourage are accustomed to, but to…wait for it…

"To satisfy his civil tax liberties."

So he needs to work in order to pay off his tax bill. Maybe if he sits at home and reflects a little bit more he might just remember where he stowed that missing $3m, in which case, problem solved.