In Passenger 57, Wesley Snipes taunts the bad guy by telling him to “always bet on black.” It won’t be long not until we find out if his gambling advice is any good because his lawyers just rested their case in his federal tax evasion case without calling a single witness.

Not having been in the courtroom I don’t know if their confidence is justified, or if it’s just a huge bluff. The reality is one of the following: a) the case against Snipes is actually that weak, b) they believe the jury is so far in their pocket they don’t need to mount an actual defense, c) their witnesses weren’t going to say what they hoped, or d) they’re bluffing the jury. I would tend to believe that they believe that his lawyers have some mix of (b) and (d) going on because I find it difficult to believe that federal prosecutors would bring that weak of a case against a celebrity (black or not).

He wasn’t very good in selecting his financial advisors, we’ll soon see if he did any better picking his lawyers…

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