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Helio Castroneves

Castroneves Faces March Trial In Tax Case

Prosecutors: Race Car Driver Tried To Hide $5.5 Million From IRS

POSTED: 11:02 am EST November 10, 2008
UPDATED: 11:03 am EST November 10, 2008

Race car driver Helio Castroneves will stand trial in March in Miami federal court on tax evasion charges.

U.S. District Judge Donald Graham on Monday set the March 2 trial date for Castroneves, his sister and a Michigan lawyer.

Prosecutors said Castroneves, 33, and the others tried to hide $5.5 million in income from the IRS.

Castroneves is a two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and gained more fame as the 2007 winner of ABC's "Dancing With The Stars" competition.

He pleaded not guilty and is free on $10 million bail.

"I know the difference between right and wrong and I did not do anything that those guys' saying," Castroneves told reporters in October.

Castroneves worked as a racing analyst for RTV6 before this year's Indianapolis 500.

Monday also marked the first appearance in the case of high-powered Washington lawyer Robert Bennett, who is representing co-defendant Alan Miller.

Bennett represented former President Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones scandal.

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