Not even his A-list friends could help Wesley Snipes stay out of the slammer.

Wesley Snipes’ battle with the IRS isn’t over just yet. The Blade actor may have been acquitted of tax fraud and conspiracy on Feb 1, but he is scheduled to be sentenced on April 24 on three counts of failing to file a tax return.

Wesley Snipes is in big trouble...and it has nothing to do with pesky vampires. The IRS is charging Snipes with tax evasion. Between 1999 and 2004, the actor generated $38 million in revenue and did not pay a cent to Uncle Sam. Snipes argues that he is not trying to defraud the government. Instead, he is part of a fringe group referred to as tax deniers; people who find taxation unconstitutional. Snipes believed he was receiving sound financial advice from this group.