Didn’t she learn from Wesley? The IRS does not play! Eight-time Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill is in more than a little hot water after pleading guilty Friday to not paying her federal taxes.
The singer was mum when she left a New Jersey courthouse after admitting to not paying taxes on more than $1.5 million earned between 2005 and 2007, according to Associated Press reports.
The AP says Hill apparently made about $818,000 in 2005, $222,000 in 2006 and $761,000 in 2007. The money was earned by four corporations she owned, but didn’t pay Uncle Sam a dime of it!
For holding back like that, the singer faces a maximum one-year sentence on each of the three counts.
Hill’s attorney said she plans on paying what she owes and U.S. Magistrate Michael Shipp pushed back her sentencing date from October to November to give her time to make good on that promise.
The talented star rose to fame as the femme fatale in the Fugees, then got her solo props with her album the “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.” Lately, she’s been involved in a bunch of humiliating, Maury Povich-style “who’s your baby daddy” drama.
We wish her the best and hope she can make a full comeback….we miss her songs!
