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EXCLUSIVE: Ron Isley Talks Soul Train Legacy, Plus Reaction to T.I.'s Sentence

Date Added: 10/22/2010 6:29:02 AM | SR Staff | Comments: 0

R&B veteran Ron Isley of the Isley Brothers is gearing up for the release of a new studio album entitled "Mr. I," scheduled to drop November 30. The disc will be his first release since his stint in federal prison for tax evasion charges.

On the heels of ‘Mr. I,’ Ron will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Soul Train Awards, airing Nov. 28 on BET and Centric after taping Nov. ...

Isley Brother’s Ron Isley Three Year Prison Sentence Upheld

Date Added: 02/12/08 | Singersroom News | Comments: 39

R&B singer Ronald Isley’s 37 month federal prison sentence for tax evasion has been upheld by an appellate court.

Isley, 66, who argued that his sentence was unreasonable due to his age, poor health and lack of proof that the federal prison system can provide him adequate health care, was not enough to prove a three-judge panel wrong.

The appellate court ruled that the trial ju...

Fans Petition Bush to Pardon R&B Singer Ron Isley, Legend to be Jailed Next Month

Date Added: 07/26/07 | Singersroom News | Comments: 10

Isley fans have launched a letter-writing campaign to President George W. Bush in the hopes that he will step in and use his executive power to spare Isley a three-year federal prison sentence, just as Bush did for former Dick Cheney aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.

According to the fans, Isley, who was convicted of five counts of tax evasion and one count of failing to file a tax retur...

Ronald Isley Sentenced To Three Years For Tax Evasion

Date Added: 09/02/06 | Singersroom Staff Writer | Comments: 0

R&B singer RONALD ISLEY, 65, was sentenced to three years in prison Friday for tax evasion. The ISLEY BROTHERS legend, who was also ordered to pay $3.1 million to the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), engaged in a "pervasive, long-term, pathological" evasion of federal taxes, according to Los Angeles US District Court Judge Dean Pregerson.

The sentences were handed down after Isley was c...

Isley brother convicted of tax evasion

Date Added: 11/01/05 |  | Comments: 0

A federal jury on Monday convicted R&B singer Ronald Isley of multiple counts of tax evasion, a decision that could give Isley 26 years in prison when he's sentenced in January.

Isley, 64, was convicted of five counts of tax evasion and one count of willful failure to file a tax return, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas D. Coker in a statement. Isley will face up to 26 years in prison wh...