Lyndon Durant

Star-News
Oct 10 1962 • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States

Playboy Sentenced To 60 - Day Term For Tax Evasion CHICAGO (UPI) - Playboy Lyndon Durant, who gave away mink coats, Hawaiian cruises and fancy autos to his girl friends, was sentenced Tuesday to 60 days. in jail and fined $ 15,000 for income tax evasion. U.S. District Judge Hubert L. Will passed sentence on the free. spending manufacturer but permitted Durant a 30 - day stay of execution to permit him to arrange his business affairs. The government said Durant paid $ 193,949 in income taxes during the years 1954-56 on reported income of $ 410.481. The government charged his income for the period actually was $ 620.939 for which the income tax would have been $ 336,663. During a lengthy bench trial more than 100 models, dancers, television and radio personalities. waiters, hat check girls testified about Durant's generosity.They told of receiving expensive furs, expense - paid vacations and cruises to the Hawaiian Islands, Cadillac cars and money to further their careers. The government contended Durant claimed these gifts of friendship as expenses chargeable to his business, United Manufacturing Co.