Wesley Snipes’ Chums Try To Keep Him Out Of Jail There's a good chance that Wesley Snipes will be sent to jail for three years today - but not if the bald bloke from Cheers has any say-so. In a final desperate bid to wriggle out of a jail sentence after being found guilty of tax fraud, Wesley Snipes has enlisted the help of two of his most famous friends - Denzel Washington and Woody Harrleson - to write character witness statements pleading with the judge to let Snipes keep his freedom. It might just work - the naturally-authoritative Washington appeals to the judge's sense of leniency by referring to Snipes in his letter as 'a mighty oak'. Harrelson, meanwhile, has just drawn a big picture of a happy cat in wax crayon on his, and then written 'I like kitons' underneath it. Might help.