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Terrence Howard Ordered to Pay Nearly $1M in Federal Tax Evasion Case

The latest legal entanglement for the Oscar-nominated actor came after he told a DOJ official that it is "immoral" to tax the descendants of slaves.

After the Justice Department escalated the situation by filing a lawsuit against Howard in 2022, the actor allegedly responded to a voicemail that the case’s top DOJ attorney, Maria Elizabeth Ruwe, left with a claim that he would post the suit online in an attempt to shame her. Now you have the gall to try and prosecute and charge taxes to the descendants of a broken people that you are responsible for causing the breakage,” Howard said in the message before it briefly cuts off; he then continued after calling back, according to the judgment. Howard’s career began in the 1990s with brief TV roles giving way to supporting film work in ensemble comedies and Hollywood fare, which led to his casting in Crag Brewer’s Hustle & Flow.

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