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Troubled Hollywood star Wesley Snipes is begging a judge to let him leave the U.S. so he can shoot  movies in Britain and Thailand, while he is appealing his conviction for tax fraud.

The Blade star was handed a three-year prison sentence in April after officials found him guilty of failing to file taxes for five years. The 45-year-old is currently free on appeal, and has filed paperwork requesting permission to shoot Gallowwalker in London and Chasing The Dragon in Bangkok, insisting the money he earns from the two projects will “satisfy his civil tax liabilities”.

In court documents, filed on Wednesday, Snipes’ lawyer Daniel Meachum insists the actor is not a flight risk because “were he to abscond under these circumstances, it would destroy his ability to earn a living for the rest of his life.”  But Snipes’ request may be hampered by the fact the movie star failed to return to America immediately after charges were brought against him in 2006.  At the time he was filming Gallowwalker in Namibia.

Maybe the judge is doing moviegoers a favor by not allowing him to leave the country to shoot the movie.  I’m thinking the court is tired of the mess he keeps putting on the big screen and they figure this is a way to slow it down, if not stop it.  On behalf of former Nino Brown fans everywhere…THANK YOU!