Mike "the Situation" Sorrentino Pleads Guilty To Tax Charges | Celebrity Net Worth 2026

Former Jersey Shore star Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino has reached some kind of agreement with Uncle Sam as reported by TMZ and other news outlets. Both he and his brother Marc have reportedly pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges in his native Jersey.

While Sorrentino's guilty plea is now known to the public, what isn't known is the exact circumstances behind his guilty plea or even which specific charges he ended up pleading guilty to. The safe assumption is that he managed to make some kind of a plea deal with the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's Office, stemming from charges filed in the spring of 2017, that he failed to pay the tax man for $8.9 million he earned in 2010 through 2012. They alleged that he intentionally filed deceptive tax returns for those years in order to avoid payment – his brother Marc was also on the hook for tax evasion, and also pleaded guilty. The pair are accused of the false tax returns as well as other deceptive practices including writing off luxury cars and clothes as business expenses, and making cash deposits into multiple bank accounts in order to throw the IRS off the track.