Grammy-winning
singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to three months in prison for failing to
pay about $1 million in taxes over the past decade. Although she pleaded guilty
last year to failing to pay taxes on more than $1.8 million earned from 2005 to
2007. The sentencing also took into
account unpaid state and federal taxes in 2008 and 2009 that brought the total
earnings to about $2.3 million.
Despite having paid more
than $900,000 in the past several days, Hill still owes interest and penalties,
the U.S. attorney's office said.
In
addition to serving three months in prison, Hill must pay a $60,000 fine. After
she is released from prison, she will be under parole supervision for a year,
the first three months of which will be spent under home confinement.
The
37-year-old South Orange resident had faced a maximum sentence of one year each
on three counts of failing to file taxes. Her attorney had sought probation,
arguing that Hill's charitable works, her family circumstances and the fact she
paid back the taxes she owed should merit consideration.
Hill
is to report to prison by July 8. It's not clear where she'll serve her
sentence. She didn't comment after the sentencing. She said in a recent post
online that she has signed a recording contract with Sony.
"She is looking
forward to putting her case behind her and getting back to her music and
creating again," attorney Nathan Hochman said.
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