Wesley Snipes’ seeking Ponzi schemer’s stripper wife to beat tax rap
By ANIThursday, September 2, 2010
NEW YORK - Ponzi schemer Ken Starr’s stripper wife, Diane Passage, has claimed that Wesley Snipes’ private eyes have been stalking her in a bid to find evidence to clear the actor of tax charges.
According to the New York Post, Passage claimed that two detectives working for Snipes followed her from her Upper East Side building dubbed “The Ponzi Palace,” also home to Andrew Madoff.
“I was leaving, and I noticed two men trailing behind me. They stood out because they were wearing dark suits on a 90-degree day. They followed me for a block and a half, then I lost them because they were sweating so much,” said Passage.
“They contacted my doorman and my attorney, and said they wanted information that might help Snipes. He was a client [of Starr] in 2000 but before I met my husband. I have nothing to do with his taxes,” she added.
Passage said she was “very worried” about Starr, who was busted for allegedly running a $60 million Ponzi scheme on clients like Uma Thurman and Martin Scorsese.Ken’s health is not great at all. One brother agreed and the other one didn’t. It has been very frustrating,” she said, talking about his brothers who failed to bail him out by offering their houses as collateral.
“My bank accounts have been frozen, so it is difficult. I’m talking with pay-per-view TV about a pole-dancing competition. I ran one last year and it will soon be screened on a Romanian sports network,” she added. (ANI)
