The Internal Revenue Service has filed a tax lien against O.J. Simpson, claiming he has not paid taxes since 2007 and owes nearly $180,000.
O.J. Simpson
photo by Gerald Johnson
Simpson has been serving a 33-year prison sentence since 2008, when he was convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping for leading a group of men in a break-in at a hotel room in Las Vegas occupied by a sports memorabilia dealer. They removed a number of Simpson-related items at gunpoint, claiming the items had been stolen from him.
The former Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers football player, actor and sportscaster faced well-publicized legal troubles when he was arrested for murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in 1994. He was acquitted of homicide charges in a landmark trial in 1995, but was later found liable in a 1997 civil trial for wrongful death and battery.
The IRS filed a tax lien against Simpson’s Miami-area home, according to the Miami Herald, claiming that he owes back taxes of $15,927.89 for 2007, $105,119.71 for 2008, $49,490.27 for 2009 and $8,897.20 for 2010. The home is now in foreclosure.
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Al Capone never served a day for murder either, but in the end the IRS got him for tax evasion.
"The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine."
Kate Harner, EA
Posted by: KATEHARNER | September 21, 2012 4:18 PM
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