“All of those rainyyy daaays, spend ya lifetime tryin’ to wash awaaaaay” Ja Rule agreed to pay over $1.1 million in tax debts and IRS penalties after the rapper pleaded guilty to tax evasion Tuesday. Ja—whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins—pleaded guilty in Newark federal court to three counts of failing to file a tax return, from 2004 through 2008, despite earning income from touring and royalties from his albums. U.S. federal judge Patty Shwartz set Ja Rule’s bail at $500,000 and permitted the Grammy nominated rapper’s release pending sentencing scheduled for June 13. Each count of tax evasion carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison. Early June will be a busy time period for Atkins as he was already scheduled to begin a two-year sentence for gun possession in relation to a 2007 arrest on June 8. Between the previous weapon charges and the tax penalties, Ja Rule faces a possible five years in prison. “Each of us must pay our fair share to keep this country going,” U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said in a statement. Ja is reportedly working on a sequel to his triple-platinum album Pain Is Love in the remaining months before his prison term begins. Man, this guy can’t win for losing. When will these niccas learn??? You can cheat on your wife, you can cheat spades, but you can’t cheat Uncle Sam! Source
Now, this here is just embarrassing. City councilman Ruben Wills boasts an impressive do-gooder resume: founding a basketball league for neighborhood youth, running a nonprofit group to help single mothers. What he doesn’t mention is that he has two outstanding arrest warrants for pending criminal cases, a Daily News investigation has found. Or that he’s a deadbeat dad who faces a civil warrant for nonpayment of child support. State tax officials said as of Feb.7, he owed $27,493. Saturday, Wills admitted he was aware of the two outstanding criminal bench warrants on cases in Manhattan and Long Island that date back several years, and apologized for not addressing them before being elected to serve his district. “There is no excuse,” he wrote in an email response to the News. “While these events are more than 10 years old, I take full responsibility and I have taken steps to remedy the situation.” Last fall, Wills, 39, beat out a crowded field to win the office held by the late Thomas White, which represents a large working-class swath of Jamaica, Queens. On his Council website biography, he says he became an “entrepreneur” at 21, starting “a home contracting business which became a center of opportunity for young adults, the formerly incarcerated, and other at-risk residents of the community to acquire the job skills necessary to escape the vicious cycle of poverty and prison.” Wills’ home contracting work appears to be where he ran into trouble with the law, a review of court and other records found. In both cases, law enforcement officials said, Wills could turn himself in and resolve his pending charges. They also point out none of the charges is a felony. It’s also remarkable that the existence of the arrest warrants has never been discovered before, given that Wills used to work for the state Senate and was the subject of a recent glowing profile in The New York Times. Yesterday, Wills declined to discuss details of the arrests, instead issuing a statement through his campaign spokeswoman, Lupe Todd. “These misdemeanor cases stem from business disputes years ago and I am regretful that I did not properly address them when they occurred. This was truly an oversight as it was my belief that these matters had been finalized. Nevertheless this was poor judgment on my part in failing to follow up on the full disposition of these matters.” Regarding the child support he owes, Todd said the civil warrant regarding the $27,000 refers to back payments Wills is contesting in court. She said Wills has been making regular payments starting with the date paternity was established. Wills “pays the monthly requirement of approximately $346 plus an additional $250 which goes against the arrears which are currently in litigation,” she said. SMH. Source
We’ve seen her in jewelry before but we never thought we’d see her in “bracelets”… Don’t worry, she’s not in any real trouble, she was just filming a scene for her upcoming stint on the popular soap opera, One Life to Live! In honor of the reality star crossing over to scripted television, Kourt was feeling generous and decided to give a sneak peek on her blog: “Check out this sneak peek from my upcoming episode of One Life to Live! I play Kassandra Kavanaugh, and my character gets into trouble with the law. You’ll have to watch on March 28 on ABC to find out why. This was such a fun experience. I’ve always been a huge fan of One Life to Live so it was so surreal actually starring in it and playing a really fun character. I can’t wait for you guys to see it.” Word?? So you’re an actress now huh? Guess you can’t be any worse actress than your sister in her sex tape Disaster Movie. Source
Here’s Tocarra Jones enjoying her new role as Lady Hennessy in San Francisco, as we’ve seen her do before. But something’s not quite right about this situation… or shall we say, with her dance partner. That guy is definitely someone’s husband. You might say maybe Tocarra didn’t know, after all, it’s not like the types of dirt dogs who try to bag celeb one night stands in the club aren’t usually forthcoming about their marital situations. But Tocarra knew. In fact we got two separate tips from people at this event who both said she was told about this dude more than once. Tocarra was flirting with a married man at her Hennessy event with wild 949 at club EVE in San Francisco. Why was she all over this guy when she was told he was married? I don’t care if she was sipping on Henny all night but she shouldn’t have dissed my girls like that after they said he’s a married dude. He has a friggin kid and baby momma in Egypt coming over very soon. No shame in Tocarra’s game. She almost got it in. And from our other tipster: I was observing her throughout the whole night with this MARRIED MAN. I know he’s married because we share a mutual friend and this friend is a dear friends to his wife. They were dancing the night away provocatively as well as kissing passionately in the VIP booth. I never knew she openly engaged herself in this kind of behavior with married men. You would think the fact that cameras were all up in her grill the whole time she was dancing with and talking to dude would have made her slow her roll a little. SMH. Flip the page for the pics.
Here’s Tocarra Jones enjoying her new role as Lady Hennessy in San Francisco, as we’ve seen her do before. But something’s not quite right about this situation… or shall we say, with her dance partner. That guy is definitely someone’s husband. You might say maybe Tocarra didn’t know, after all, it’s not like the types of dirt dogs who try to bag celeb one night stands in the club aren’t usually forthcoming about their marital situations. But Tocarra knew. In fact we got two separate tips from people at this event who both said she was told about this dude more than once. Tocarra was flirting with a married man at her Hennessy event with wild 949 at club EVE in San Francisco. Why was she all over this guy when she was told he was married? I don’t care if she was sipping on Henny all night but she shouldn’t have dissed my girls like that after they said he’s a married dude. He has a friggin kid and baby momma in Egypt coming over very soon. No shame in Tocarra’s game. She almost got it in. And from our other tipster: I was observing her throughout the whole night with this MARRIED MAN. I know he’s married because we share a mutual friend and this friend is a dear friends to his wife. They were dancing the night away provocatively as well as kissing passionately in the VIP booth. I never knew she openly engaged herself in this kind of behavior with married men. You would think the fact that cameras were all up in her grill the whole time she was dancing with and talking to dude would have made her slow her roll a little. SMH. Flip the page for the pics.
