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Before he begins aneight-month prison sentencefor tax evasion,Mike “The Situation” Sorrentinowillmarry his college sweetheart, his lawyer confirmed Friday.
Attorney Henry Klingeman told reporters that theJersey Shorestar and fiancéeLauren Pesceare planning a wedding for early November, adding, “No matter what happens, he won’t be designated to begin his sentence until sometime after that wedding.”
Sorrentino, 36, seemed calm after his sentencing in a Newark, New Jersey federal court, flashing a peace sign and slight smile for photographers as he left the hearing hand-in-hand with Pesce. But Klingman said his client should have received probation rather than prison time.
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“We’re disappointed. We asked for a probation term, we had hoped for a probation term, we deserved a probation term,” he said. “The judge certainly had the authority to do what she did, she gave her reasons, the fact is it’s a sad day anytime anybody goes to prison, but in a situation like this, where Mike Sorrentino has righted his life and is contributing significantly to not only his own wellbeing but that of his greater community, that progress will be interrupted.”
He added: “Let’s hope that prison, which is an antisocial environment under the best of circumstances, doesn’t set him back. I’m sure he’s got the resiliency and the strength and the will and support of his friends and family so that he’s going to make the best of this. The good news is that after so many years of investigation and this case being prosecuted, he can see the light at the end of the tunnel and he can put this behind him. He’s got a new lease on life career-wise, he’s about to get married, and he’s an optimistic person, so it’s going be fine.”
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Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and Lauren Pesce’s wedding shower.Courtesy Mike Sorrentino
Sorrentino and his brother Marcwere initially indictedin September 2014 for tax offenses and conspiring to defraud the United States after allegedly failing to properly pay taxes on $8.9 million in income from 2010 to 2012. In April 2017, both menwere indicted on additional chargesincluding tax evasion, structuring and falsifying records.
In January, Sorrentinopled guiltyto one count of tax evasion. His brother Marc pled guilty to one count of aiding in the preparation of a false and fraudulent tax return and wassentenced to two years in prisonon Friday.
Sorrentinoproposed to Pesce, his college sweetheart, on Valentine’s Day this year. Theythrew a wedding showerlast weekend.
“She’s my best friend, my better half,” he previously told PEOPLE. “She makes me a better person. I’m so excited that she’s in my life.”
source: people.com
