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Lauryn Hill sentencing hearing for tax evasion to take place Monday

Lauryn Hill sentencing: Hill pleaded guilty last year to not paying federal taxes on $1.8 million earned from 2005 to 2007. A judge two weeks ago said Hill had paid only about $50,000 of more than $500,000 she owes.

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Singer Lauryn Hill walks from federal court in Newark, N.J., in April. Hill is facing sentencing Monday, May 6, on federal tax charges. Hill pleaded guilty last year to not paying federal taxes on $1.8 million earned from 2005 to 2007. Hill said she has signed a recording contract with Sony that will help her pay her taxes. Citing the legal deadline, she made a song available on iTunes over the weekend. She faces up to a year in prison on each of three counts. Her attorney is seeking probation for her.
  • By Associated Press

| NEWARK, N.J.

Grammy-winning singer聽Lauryn聽Hill聽is facing聽sentencing聽Monday in New Jersey on federal tax charges.

Hill聽pleaded guilty last year to not paying federal taxes on $1.8 million earned from 2005 to 2007. A judge two weeks ago said聽Hill聽had paid only about $50,000 of more than $500,000 she owes.

Hill聽said she has signed a recording contract with Sony that will help her pay her taxes. Citing the legal deadline, she made a song available on iTunes over the weekend.

She faces up to a year in prison on each of three counts. Her attorney is seeking probation for her.

The 37-year-old South Orange resident hasn't released much music since her 1998 solo debut, "The Miseducation of聽Lauryn聽Hill," which won five Grammy Awards.

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