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Lauryn Hill Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion

Lauryn Hill performs at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tribute concert honoring Aretha Franklin
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Today, Lauryn Hill pleaded guilty in court to three counts of tax evasion on more than $1.5 million in income earned from 2005 to 2007. That’s a marked change in attitude from Hill’s defiant explanation earlier in the month, where she Tumblr-blogged that by not filing taxes, she “embraced my right to resist a system intentionally opposing my right to whole and integral survival.” Hill faces up to three years in prison and will be sentenced in November.

Lauryn Hill Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion