| 1. Darryl Strawberry | | | | tax crime. |
| Dodgers star, Darryl Strawberry first got in to trouble | | | | 5. Willie McCovey |
| with the IRS in 1994 when he was put under | | | | Hall of Famer Willie McCovey, like many other athletes |
| investigation for tax fraud. The IRS tacked him with | | | | who ran in to tax trouble, did so by forgetting to claim |
| tax evasion, and he had to pay back $350,000 in back | | | | cash made during autograph signing. While McCovey |
| taxes, serve 3 years of probation, six years of home | | | | pleaded guilty to the crime, he also claimed to have |
| confinement, and complete 100 hours of community | | | | committed it unknowingly, since he had a professional |
| service. | | | | handle his accounting. He was sentenced to two years |
| 2. Lawrence Taylor | | | | of probation and fined $5,000. |
| Former Giants linebacker, Lawrence Taylor filed an | | | | 6. O.J. Simpson |
| incorrect federal income tax return back in 1990. Taylor | | | | Although infamous for more than his athletic abilities, |
| pleaded guilty to the tax charges in 1997, and was | | | | O.J. Simpson upset the IRS enough to be put on the |
| punished with three months house arrest, five years | | | | California tax shame list. His tax debt was over $1.5 |
| probation and 500 hours of community service for | | | | million, and he stayed on the list for more than a year. |
| income tax evasion. | | | | 7. Jesse Owens |
| 3. Pete Rose | | | | The late 1930’s Olympic winner Jesse Owens got |
| Baseball favorite, Pete Rose, also got in to some | | | | himself into trouble with the IRS. After the Olympics, |
| trouble with the government in 1990, when he filed a | | | | Owens tried multiple business ventures in the United |
| false income tax return. Despite his celebrity status, | | | | States to profit off his newly found fame. However, |
| Rose was sentenced to five months in a correctional | | | | one of his ventures lost Owens a fortune and |
| facility, three months in a community treatment center, | | | | rendered him unable to pay his full tax liability. As a |
| 1,000 hours of community service and a $50,000 fine. | | | | result, Owens was forced to declare bankruptcy. |
| 4. Helio Castroneves | | | | 8. Boris Becker |
| The recent controversy around Indy 500 racer Helio | | | | Famed tennis player and bad boy, Boris Becker, ran |
| Castroneves and his supposed $5 million tax debt has | | | | right in to tax trouble when it was discovered his |
| shed light on the tax problems sports stars can get in | | | | apartment was not his priority residence, as previously |
| to. He is currently being tried for evading taxes on a | | | | claimed. As a result, he was given two years |
| licensing deal that he claims to never have received a | | | | probation, fined $500,000, and ordered to pay |
| dime from. Only time will tell whether the Indy 500 and | | | | expensive court fees. |
| dancing with the stars celebrity actually committed the | | | | |