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Lauryn Hill Thanks Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder For Sending Letters To Judge

Lauryn Hill is officially heading to prison.

A judge sentenced her to 3 months in prison for tax fraud earlier this week and ordered her to report to prison by July 8.

NEWS: Lauryn Hill Sentenced To Three Months In Prison On Tax Fraud

Moments before her sentencing, Lauryn Hill’s lawyer revealed that she paid her back taxes in full amounting to almost a million dollars.

The former Fugee singer/rapper was facing years in prison, however, a judge sentenced her to 3 months behind bars and 9 months house arrest.

Lauryn Hill released a letter thanking her supporters including Alicia Keys and Stevie Wonder for writing letters to the judge on her behalf.

This is what Lauryn Hill wrote on Tumblr.

I want to extend a sincere thank you to the following people, who wrote letters to the judge on my behalf:

Linda Banks, Edison, NJ
Davonne Breedlove
Binna Choi, Beijing, China
Hafiz Farid, East Orange, NJ
Miriam Anne Banks Farrakhan, Union, NJ
Vincent Gardner, New York, NY
Michael Green, Fair Bluff, NC
Elitta Harden, Ft Worth, TX
Mrs. Valarie Hill, South Orange, NJ
Maureen Hogan, Jersey City, NJ
Walter Jones, New York, NY
Alicia Keys
Elena Lau, Toronto, Canada
Jerald Miller, New York, NY
Tracy Morris, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Elise Munoz, France
Bunmi Olukoya, Laurel, MD
Jimmie Pierre, Trenton, NJ
Cherisse Pittman
Gabrielle Fulton Ponder, Atlanta, GA
Dominique Reese, Oakland, CA
Chris Schwartz, Philadelphia, PA
Ashley Scott, Brooklyn, NY
Derek Singletary, Astoria, NY
Dr. Sara Tai, Manchester, UK
Suzette Williams, Teaneck, NJ
Lisa Willis, Philadelphia, PA
Stevie Wonder
Jonathan Wunderlich, Cabarete, DR
And thank you Jerald Miller, for taking the initiative to put this together.
I also want to thank all of my family, friends, business associates, and fans who have called, emailed, sent texts, and posted messages of concern, encouragement, and support. I appreciate the well wishes, and I thank you for your prayers.

Also, to anyone who may have written letters that we did not know about, thank you also, all of you.

I will have more to say soon, but did not want to further delay expressing my appreciation.

Thank you again,

MLH

One Comment

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