{"id":31946,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1969-12-31T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/lauryn-hill-blames-slavery-economic-conspiracy-as-shes-jailed-for-500000-unpaid-tax-bill\/31946\/"},"modified":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1969-12-31T23:00:00","slug":"lauryn-hill-blames-slavery-economic-conspiracy-as-shes-jailed-for-500000-unpaid-tax-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/lauryn-hill-blames-slavery-economic-conspiracy-as-shes-jailed-for-500000-unpaid-tax-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauryn Hill Blames Slavery, Economic Conspiracy as She\u2019s Jailed for $500,000 Unpaid Tax Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Dominic Gover<\/strong><br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibtimes.co.uk%2Farticles%2F465175%2F20130507%2Flauryn-hill-tax-trial.htm\">IB Times<\/a><br \/>May 7, 2013<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignright c6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/static.infowars.com\/2013\/05\/i\/general\/fugee.jpg\" width=\"134\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Daigo Oliva, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fugees singer [Lauren] Hill, 37, was sentenced to three months\u2019 jail followed by three months\u2019 home confinement for failing to pay $500,000 to the taxman in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;] Hill pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion last year. Her lawyers said she had paid more than $970,000 of an outstanding tax bill which amounted to more than $2m.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;] During her trial, Hill was ordered by the judge in Newark, New Jersey to undergo counselling because of her conspiracy theories \u2014 including that artists are being oppressed by a plot involving the military and media.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;] She told the court: \u201cI am a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them. I had an economic system imposed on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibtimes.co.uk%2Farticles%2F465175%2F20130507%2Flauryn-hill-tax-trial.htm\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c7\">This article was posted: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 12:07 pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"c8\">Tags: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infowars.com%2Ftag%2Fdomestic-news-2%2F\" rel=\"tag\">domestic news<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infowars.com%2Ftag%2Ffinancial%2F\" rel=\"tag\">financial<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\" \/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\" \/>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infowars.com%2Flauryn-hill-blames-slavery-economic-conspiracy-as-shes-jailed-for-500000-unpaid-tax-bill%2Fprint%2F\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon c4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infowars.com%2Flauryn-hill-blames-slavery-economic-conspiracy-as-shes-jailed-for-500000-unpaid-tax-bill%2Fprint%2F\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a> Print this page.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\" \/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\" \/><\/div>\n<p>This article originally appeared on : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/lauryn-hill-blames-slavery-economic-conspiracy-as-shes-jailed-for-500000-unpaid-tax-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Lauryn Hill Blames Slavery, Economic Conspiracy as She\u2019s Jailed for $500,000 Unpaid Tax Bill\">Infowars<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominic GoverIB TimesMay 7, 2013 Photo by Daigo Oliva, via Wikimedia Commons Fugees singer [Lauren] Hill, 37, was sentenced to three months\u2019 jail followed by three months\u2019 home confinement for failing to pay $500,000 to the taxman in the United States. [&#8230;] Hill pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion last year. 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