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Former ESPN Reporter Gets Jail Time for Tax Evasion

Saturday, August 20, 2005

Adrian K. Karsten, a former ESPN sportscaster and winner of a 1991 Emmy Award, was sentenced by a U.S. district judge in Wisconsin to 11 months in prison for tax evasion, according to the IRS TIMES & INQUIRER.

Karsten, who pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to file federal income tax returns for the years 2000 and 2002, was also sentenced to nine months of home confinement, which will include electronic monitoring, as part of his two-year probation.

During the two tax years in question, Karsten received more than $600,000 in income from ESPN, where he reported from the sidelines of football games and served as a writer-producer for SportsCenter.

By failing to file tax returns, Karsten did not pay federal income taxes totaling $167,000. Under the terms of his sentence, Karsten, who has now filed tax returns for the years in question, is required to cooperate with the IRS in the collection of these taxes as well as any penalties and interest.

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