An adult film actress who once lived in Scotts Valley was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for tax evasion.
U.S. Magistrate Thomas Coffin also ordered Janine M. James, 40, to live in a residential community corrections center for up to six months after her release from prison and to serve one year of supervised release.
Known in the adult film world as Janine Lindemulder, James pleaded guilty last summer to intentionally failing to pay her income taxes. During her sentencing in U.S. District Court in Eugene, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Cardani said James currently owes $294,000 in back taxes.
James, who first appeared in Penthouse magazine as the Pet of the Month in 1987 and later appeared in more than 50 adult films, was given until March 10 to report to prison.
James was arrested following an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service. Between 2000 and 2006, during a period in which she owed $200,000 in federal income taxes, James spent more than $750,000, investigators alleged.
Janine James as a nurse on the 1999 cover of Blink 182's album "Enema of the State"
She paid $648,000 to buy a home in Eugene in October 2005. She used nearly $182,500 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, for the purchase.
In a letter to the court, Jesse James said he agreed to the settlement to help his ex-wife take care of her tax problems. None of the money went to the IRS, according to his letter and other court documents.
When she pleaded guilty, James also admitted buying a new Jeep for $31,000 and paying $20,000 down on a new recreational vehicle in June 2005. She also bought $25,000 of furniture and a $6,200 piano, while making no payments to the IRS.
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