Peter Thomas joins the rising listing of actuality star stars to get hit with jail time … we have discovered the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” alum has been hit with a sentence of a 12 months and a half in jail.
A rep for the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the Western District of North Carolina tells TMZ … the Bravo character, who appeared on ‘RHOA’ alongside then-wife Cynthia Bailey, has been sentenced to 18 months behind bars after pleading responsible to failing to pay his taxes.
Following this sentence, Peter could have 2 years of supervised launch. Peter has additionally been ordered to pay $2.5 million in restitution to the IRS.
Peter pled responsible this summer time to 1 depend of failure to pay belief fund taxes … after being accused of repeatedly evading paying the IRS between 2017 and 2023 — for a number of of his companies.
The restaurateur allegedly owed the IRS almost $650,000 in belief fund taxes from his staff’ wages in Charlotte, North Carolina. But, that is only a glimpse of Peter’s tax woes … he is been accused of failing to pay greater than $2.5 million in employment taxes over a 6-year interval from his companies in varied states.
Previous to his sentencing, Peter posted a video replace on Instagram … the place he suggested younger enterprise house owners to “please learn [from his] mistake.”
In his message, he stated he was keen to “face the music” for “consistently withholding taxes for business over 10 years.”
As he continued, Peter admitted he thought he may rectify the state of affairs by getting on a fee plan … however discovered the onerous means that “it doesn’t work like that.”
He added … “I plead guilty. And, with my plea of guilty, I have to sit down for a while.”