US golfer Jim Thorpe pleads guilty to tax evasion

September 23, 2009

Jim Thorpe, a three-time winner on the US PGA Tour, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to failing to pay more than $2 million in income taxes.

The 60-year-old Thorpe pleaded guilty to two counts and faces a maximum of two years in prison and a $4.1 million fine when he is sentenced.

He was charged in February with seven counts of failing to pay federal taxes on income he earned in 2002, 2003 and 2004.

His attorney, Mark Horwitz, said Thorpe wants to move on with his life. The attorney had argued previously that Thorpe did not willfully try to break the law.

Thorpe has also won 13 times on the Champions Tour.