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Lauryn Hill Mugshot: Singer's Photo Emerges As She Faces Jail Time For Tax Evasion (PHOTO)

PHOTO: Lauryn Hill's Mugshot Released
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Two months after pleading guilty to not paying federal taxes on more than $1.5 million over three years, singer Lauryn Hill's mugshot has emerged.

The eight-time Grammy award-winning talent faces three years in prison for failure to pay taxes between the years 2005 and 2007. Hill was originally charged in June 2012. According to The Daily Mail, she is currently free on $150,000 unsecured bond and is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 27.

The singer responded to the charges in a post on her Tumblr page, saying she hadn't paid taxes since she withdrew from society in an effort to guarantee the safety of herself and her family. She went on to describe how she rejected pop culture's "climate of hostility, false entitlement, manipulation, racial prejudice, sexism and ageism."

Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual. I did not deliberately abandon my fans, nor did I deliberately abandon any responsibilities, but I did however put my safety, health and freedom and the freedom, safety and health of my family first over all other material concerns! I also embraced my right to resist a system intentionally opposing my right to whole and integral survival.

The Daily Mail reports that Hill's lawyer Nathan Hochman said she planned to pay the $818,000 from 2005, $222,000 from 2006 and $761,000 from 2007.


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Before You Go

Celebrity Tax Evaders
Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter(01 of14)
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Lil Wayne had an IRS lien filed with Miami Dade County in late March 2011. The lien noted that Lil Wayne had unpaid income taxes amounting to $3,351,078 for 2008 and $2,258,956 for 2009. (credit:Getty)
Richard Dent(02 of14)
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Dent was hit with a $1,160,056 federal tax lien in March 2011. The former Chicago Bears player was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame one month prior. (credit:Getty)
Lindsay Lohan(03 of14)
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In January 2012, Lindsay Lohan reportedly received notice from the IRS that she owed over $93,000 in unpaid taxes from 2009. According to TMZ, the actress was simply unaware of the issue. (credit:Getty)
David "Sinbad" Adkins(04 of14)
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According to AOL Real Estate, Sinbad was said to owe $8.5 million to the IRS in 2010 and another $2.1 million to the state of California that year. Sinbad was named as one of the state's biggest tax evaders in 2009. (credit:Getty)
Darryl Strawberry(05 of14)
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In 2008, former Met and Yankee Darryl Strawberry agreed to pay more than $430,000 in back taxes he owed, plus interest and penaltie, for money he neglected to pay in 1989 and 1990. (credit:Getty)
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne (06 of14)
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According to the IRS, Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon owed $1.7 million in taxes from 2008 and 2009. (credit:Getty)
Forest Whitaker(07 of14)
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Actor Forest Whitaker was hit with a large tax bill last year, after failing to pay $185,000 he owed to the IRS. The tax collectors in the Los Angeles County Recorder of Deeds cited Whitaker and filed a lien for the balance. (credit:Getty)
Chris Tucker(08 of14)
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Actor Chris Tucker had a tax lien filed against him in the state of Georgia earlier this year for $592,594.08, plus $11,571,909.26 from the federal government for taxed owed in 2001, 2002 and 2004 through 2006. (credit:Getty)
Pamela Anderson(09 of14)
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"Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson owed nearly half a million dollars to the IRS in 2010. (credit:Getty)
Richard Pryor(10 of14)
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In 1974, comedian Richard Pryor was sentenced to 10 days in jail, fined and put on probation after pleading guilty to a charge of willful failure to file an income tax return, according to the New York Times. (credit:Getty)
El DeBarge(11 of14)
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Singer El DeBarge owed $354,000 in delinquent federal taxes in 2010, according to Vibe.com. (credit:Getty)
Sammy Davis, Jr.(12 of14)
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Davis owed nearly $7.5 million in back taxes at the time of his death. (credit:Getty)
Christina Ricci (13 of14)
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"Pan Am" actress Christina Ricci was hit with a federal income tax lien of nearly $180,000 on her 2008 earnings. (credit:Getty)
Wesley Snipes(14 of14)
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In December 2010, actor Wesley Snipes began a three-year prison sentence for failing to file income tax returns in the amount of $7 million. (credit:Getty)
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