American Idol winner in trouble with IRS
September 1, 2008 by T C
Season two ‘American Idol’ winner Ruben Studdard has been hit with federal and state property liens for allegedly failing to pay nearly $200,000 in state and federal taxes, according to court records.
The Birmingham, Alabama-bred native owes the federal government $171,920 in unpaid income taxes, according to a lien filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court. Studdard also owes $21,730 in state income taxes.
The report indicates that the majority of the R&B singer’s unpaid taxes are from 2003, the year that Studdard won ‘American Idol.’ Can you believe it’s already been five years since his Season 2 American Idol Win?
This isn’t Ruben’s first run-in with the authorities. In April of 2004 his tour bus was pulled over and four of the occupants on board were ticketed for possession of marijuana.
Studdard’s former record company, Sony BMG, has agreed to cease distribution of his junior release, ‘The Return,’ as a part of a lawsuit filed byLouis Vuitton.
Studdard’s most recent label “J Records” dropped him last year after the not-so-successful sales ratings behind “The Return” which struggled to move just over 250,000 copies.
