SI.Com reports that Helio Castroneves’ long international nightmare is over:
Indy race car champion Helio Castroneves was acquitted on six counts of tax evasion by a Federal jury.
The jury is still hung on one count of conspiracy.
Castroneves, a 33-year-old Brazilian racecar driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, gained fame off the racetrack in 2007 when he won “Dancing With the Stars” with partner Julianne Hough.
He faced up to six and a half years in prison and, as a non-U.S. citizen, possible deportation upon his prison release if convicted.
A teary eyed, but jubilant Castroneves spoke to the press afterwards:
It’s been a nightmare. Instead of going to Disneyland, I want to go to Long Beach and race.
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