WWW- An adult film actress from California faces up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine after pleading guilty to intentionally failing to pay her federal income taxes.
Federal prosecutors said Friday that 39-year-old Janine M. James, also known as Janine Lindemulder, of Huntington Beach, California, failed to pay more than $200,000 in taxes owed to the Internal Revenue Service.
As part of her plea agreement, James admitted making a down payment on a $647,000 house in Eugene, and purchasing a new Jeep and recreational vehicle while knowing she owed the taxes.
Sentencing was set for October 24 in U.S. District Court in Eugene.
Additional info: EUGENE, Ore. — An adult film star who recently bought a home in Eugene faced possible jail time and fines for failing to pay thousands in taxes.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Karin Immergut said 39-year-old adult film actress Janine M. James, also known as Janine Lindemulder, of Huntington Beach, California, pleaded guilty Friday in a Eugene court.
James admitted making a down payment on a $647,000 Eugene home and buying two new vehicles while owing more than $200,000 in federal income taxes, Immergut said.
Lane County real estate records show that James purchased a 2,200-square-foot house at 3383 Riverbend Place in 2005.
James faced up to one year in prison, a $100,000 fine, and will be required to pay all back taxes.
In October 2005, she used nearly $163,000 from her divorce settlement from her former husband, Jesse James, owner of the West Coast Choppers motorcycle fabricator shop and host of the Monster Garage television show on the Discovery Channel.
Janine James also admitted buying a new Jeep for $28,000 and paying $20,000 down on a new recreational vehicle between March 2004 and June 2004, at a time when she owed taxes.
James moved to Oregon after her husband left her in 2003. It was widely reported at the time that she was pregnant. Jesse James later married film actress Sandra Bullock.
Janine James appeared as a nurse putting on a pair of rubber gloves on the cover of band Blink 182’s 1999 album “Enema of the State.” She appeared in the same role in the music video for the song “What’s My Age Again?” off that album.
Court documents listed her current address as Huntington Beach, Calif.