Source: New York Post
Attorneys for comedian Carlos Mencia are demanding his immediate release from jail, blasting what they describe as an “absurd show of force” after the comic was arrested in a sweeping tax fraud case unveiled by prosecutors as the debut bust for a new Los Angeles business crime unit. The emergency motion, filed in the Van Nuys courthouse, comes days after Mencia, 57, was arrested at his Encino home by multiple armed law enforcement agents. Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced a 12-count felony tax omission case against the comedian after the arrest Thursday and branded him “one of California’s biggest tax scofflaws” as he introduced the office’s new Business Tax Fraud Unit.
