Wesley Snipes hired stalkers, claims Ponzi King’s wife

[HMG Celebrity News] – Several Hollywood celebrities lost money when Ken Starr, who is accused of running a vast Ponzi scheme, was finally arrested. And now Starr’s wife, Diane Passage, claims one of those victims, Wesley Snipes, is having her followed.

Diane, whom Starr met when she worked as a stripper at the ‘Scores’ club in Manhattan, claims people employed by the actor have been stalking her in a bid to get evidence to help Wesley’s case.

She also claims they waited outside her home — now dubbed ‘The Ponzi Palace,’ and also contacted her lawyer asking her to help Snipes avoid a pending three-year jail sentence for tax evasion.

“I was leaving home and noticed two men behind me,” she now tells the Post. “They stood out because they were wearing dark suits on a 90-degree day. They also contacted my attorney, and wanted information that might help Snipes. He was a client in 2000, before I met my husband. I have nothing to do with his taxes.”

Wesley was convicted in 2008 of failing to pay $12-million in taxes. He now wants a retrial, arguing that the jury were not told that Starr — who manged his money yet gave testimony against him – was being investigated for the fraud.

Starr was later arrested for allegedly stealing over $60-million from Snipes and other stars such as Sylvester Stallone, Carly Simon, Uma Thurman and Martin Scorsese. If convicted he faces 20 years in a federal prison.

Meantime, Diane seems convinced that she’s the real victim.

“My bank accounts have been frozen, so it’s difficult. I’m talking to pay-per-view TV about a pole-dancing competition. I ran one last year and it will soon be screened on a Romanian sports network.”

The case is ongoing, and so far Wesley’s reps are not talking. Calls to his lawyer also went unreturned. We’ll keep you advised how this goes…