{"id":15355,"date":"2012-07-02T14:48:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T18:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=15355"},"modified":"2012-07-02T13:37:12","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T17:37:12","slug":"lauryn-hill-faces-three-years-in-prison-for-tax-evasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=15355","title":{"rendered":"Lauryn Hill Faces Three Years In Prison For Tax Evasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEWARK, NJ \u2014 Grammy-winning singer<strong> Lauryn Hill<\/strong> pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday to three counts of failing to file federal income tax returns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hill<\/strong>, 37, a hip hop singer and rapper best known as a former member of the Fugees and for a Grammy-winning 1998 solo album, pleaded guilty to failing to file federal returns between 2005 and 2007, despite earning an income of more than $1.8 million primarily from film and recording royalties.<\/p>\n<p>Each count carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hill<\/strong> said little in court and left without making a statement. Her sentencing date was set for Nov. 27.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hill<\/strong> was released on $150,000 bail that U.S. District <strong>Judge Michael Shipp<\/strong> said included being allowed to leave the country for music tours and a condition she must undergo mental health counseling. Her lawyer <strong>Nathan Hochman<\/strong> said<strong> Hill<\/strong> has been in family counseling for the past ten years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWARK, NJ \u2014 Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday to three counts of failing to file federal income tax returns. Hill, 37, a hip hop singer and rapper best known as a former member of the Fugees and for a Grammy-winning 1998 solo album, pleaded guilty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}