The former '30 Rock' star 'is even more like Donald Trump than what we have seen on 'Saturday Night Live',' a gallery owner says.
- Oct 29, 2016
AceShowbiz - Alec Baldwin is accused of evading taxes. Mary Boone, a gallery owner, blasts the actor/comedian over his alleged elaborate scheme to dodge taxes. She claims Baldwin avoided paying $16,000 in New York state sales tax on the Ross Bleckner artwork "Sea and Mirror."
"Mr. Baldwin was able to avoid paying sales tax by having the painting shipped from New York to California shortly after purchasing it, even though the true destination was New York all along," the gallery said in a statement quoted by Page Six.
"Mr. Baldwin's efforts to bully Ms. Boone and his past failure to pay taxes suggest that he is even more like Donald Trump than what we have seen on 'Saturday Night Live'," Boone's lawyer additionally mocked the actor.
The accusations were made by Boone after Baldwin filed a lawsuit against her. He believed that she had tricked him into purchasing a fake version of a painting he'd long coveted for $190,000.
In response to Boone's accusations, Baldwin's lawyer said it's "remarkable in that she fails to deny that she sold Mr. Baldwin a counterfeit of the original painting that he long admired." The lawyer added, "Ms. Boone's diversionary tactics include that Mr. Baldwin waited too long to catch her deception. As for the desperate shipping and tax allegations, they do not merit a response."
