| October 14th, 2005 03:36 AM |
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Daily Star
14/10/05
Veteren soul star Ronald Isley is facing up to 26 years behind bars accused of tax evasion.
The 64 year old leader of the Isley Brothers went on trial in Los Angeles this week.
Isley, who emerged from bankrupcy in the early 1990s, is accused of demanding fees in cash for his tour dates.
Prosecutors allege this made it difficult for taxmen to determine how much of his fees were used for expenses and how much was profit.
He is also accused of using royalty cheques issued to other Isley Brothers-related enterprises, including his brother O'Kelly, who died in 1986.
Prosecutors say he used the funds to buy a yacht and two mansions.
Isley denies the charges. No figure has been given for the amounts.
The Isley Brothers' biggest hits were in the 1960s and 1970s with songs such as Summer Breeze and Whos That Lady?
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