[CopyCat]

I read that he said this in open court... "Snipes read aloud from a prepared apology, calling his actions a "costly mistakes" but never mentioning the word "taxes." He said he was the victim of crooked advisers, a liability of wealth and celebrity that attract "wolves and jackals like flies are attracted to meat. I am an idealistic, naive, passionate, truth-seeking, spiritually motivated artist, unschooled in the science of law and finance."
But I guess the judge didn't buy it...