Lauryn Hill Sentenced To Prison

Lauryn Hill. Image: TheUrbanDaily

Award winning singer, songwriter and actress Lauryn Hill was yesterday sentenced to jail for tax evasion. The 37 year old plead guilty to charges of tax evasion last year after she failed to file tax returns for her income during the years 2005, 2006 and 2007. This lengthy procrastination has cost her 3 months of her freedom in jail and 3 more months under house arrest.

Lauryn, in her defence said she had planned to pay her taxes, the timing was just never right. BBC quoted her saying, "I am a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them, I had an economic system imposed on me."