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Jenni “JWoww” Farley,Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi,Deena Cortese,Angelina Pivarnick,Ronnie Ortiz-Magro,Vinny GuadagninoandPauly “DJ Pauly D” DelVecchiowere all photographed outside the federal courthouse Friday. His fiancéeLauren Pescearrived with him as well.
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Sorrentino, 36, and his brother Marcwere initially indictedin September 2014for tax offensesand conspiring to defraud the United States after allegedly failing to properly pay taxes on $8.9 million in income from 2010 to 2012. In April 2017, both menwere indicted on additional chargesincluding tax evasion, structuring and falsifying records.
In January, Sorrentinopled guiltyto one count of tax evasion. Marc pled guilty to one count of aiding in the preparation of a false and fraudulent tax return, and awaits his own sentencing.
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Prosecutors, meanwhile, sought a prison sentence of 14 months, arguing that jail time would send the message that “tax fraud will be met with real punishment” and noting that Sorrentino’s substance addiction didn’t stop him from structuring cash deposits to avoid government scrutiny.
Appearing on Jenny McCarthy’sSiriusXM showon Thursday, Polizzi, 30, said the whole cast is concerned for their friend.
“Honestly, we don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow … so hopefully everything is going to be fine,” she said.
“We’ve been hanging out all week and you can tell the days are coming quicker and he’s getting more nervous,” she continued. “We’re just trying to be there for him, just hang out with him, make him smile a little bit, but it’s terrifying for him.”
source: people.com
