Helio Castroneves will face the music – again – in March. Only, he won’t be able to tango his way out of this one quite so easily.
The Indy 500 race car driver and winner of the 5th season of Dancing with the Stars (along with fan favorite Julianne Hough) found out this week that his federal court trial will begin on March 2. Castroneves is facing one count of tax conspiracy and six counts of tax evasion with respect to income that he allegedly hid in offshore accounts in order to escape taxation.
The two-time Indy 500 winner entered a not guilty plea last month. If convicted, Castroneves faces stiff penalties and jail time.
Since he’s from Brazil, I think he will try the samba rather than the tango.