LAURYN HILL'S MUGSHOT HAS FANS SHAKING THEIR HEADS
The solemn 37-year-old is seen in the picture wearing the same white blouse she donned on June 29 after pleading guilty to the three-count misdemeanor filed in U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey.
The eight-time Grammy-winner, currently free on a $150,000 unsecured bond, is scheduled to be sentenced on November 27. And as there’s nothing more certain than death and taxes, her attorney Nathan Hochman said Hill planned to pay back the $818,000 from 2005, $222,000 from 2006, and $761,000 from 2007.
The troubled singer-rapper, who first gained fame and millions of dollars as the lead singer of The Fugees, also faces $75,000 in fines.
In a lengthy post on her Tumblr page earlier in June she responded to the charges, claiming she wanted to leave mainstream society in protest against its ‘climate of hostility, false entitlement, manipulation, racial prejudice, sexism and ageism.’
Lauryn said: ‘My intention has always been to get this situation rectified. When I was working consistently without being affected by the interferences mentioned above, I filed and paid my taxes. This only stopped when it was necessary to withdraw from society, in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of myself and my family.’
Some say it’s ironic that Hill cites the safety and well-being of her family as a reason she failed to pay up as little Zion, 15, Selah, 13, Joshua, 10, John, 9, Sarah, 4, and one-year-old Micah will surely suffer if their mother goes to jail.
Lauryn released one solo album, the critically-acclaimed Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, in 1998 and then largely disappeared from public view to raise her six children, five of whom she had with reggae singer Bob Marley’s son Rohan.
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