The Detroit News says on Jan. 31, 2008, the IRS filed a $242,245 lien against Eve and almost a year later, on Jan 12, 2009, the IRS filed another lien for $29,439. The state of California also filed two liens against her, one on June 30, 2008, for $56,597 and a second on Jan. 29, 2009, for $29,059.
Neither Eve nor her management has commented on the accusations, but the rapper has been vocal about recent claims of her involvement in a money-laundering investigation earlier this month with her on-and-off again boyfriend, Teodorin Nguema Obiang, son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea.
ABC News reported that Eve allegedly aided her boyfriend in setting up shell companies to move millions of foreign dollars through the American financial system. The rapper swiftly went to Twitter to publicly deny the claims, stating that, “None of that is true. Please don’t believe everything you read on the internet. It’s negative and I don’t f*** wit negativity. People trynna Test me.”
What lies ahead for Eve in light of her financial woes is still unsure but we’re betting that whatever happens it’ll be one rough ride that she won’t enjoy. –nicholas robinson
