EUGENE, OR — Say what you will about the legality of taxes; those who choose not to pay, often wind up paying. Popular porn star Janine M. James has found that out… the hard way.James, the ex-wife of West Coast Choppers head Jesse James, is better known as Janine or Janine Lindemulder, the one-time pornographic “love” of self-proclaimed and previously pussy-licking but suddenly “totally hetero” Jenna Jameson.
After starting her adult career as an exotic dancer, the full-sleeve tattooed Penthouse Pet of the Month performed in a number of mainstream B-movies before entering the world of erotic videos, where she worked primarily with other women during her in-again/out-again industry career.
What she’s best known for within the legal system currently is making a $647,000 down payment on a Eugene, OR home and purchasing two new vehicles – but not paying more than $200,000 in federal income taxes.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Karin Immergut says that that 39-year-old single mother is looking at hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax fines and the possibility of portraying a woman behind bars for as much as a year.
According to the Associated Press, James pled guilty last Friday in a Eugene court to failing to pay her federal income taxes and has agreed to not only pay $100,000 in fines but also pay all back taxes due. What, if any, time she will spend in jail has not yet been determined.
