The Associate Press is reporting:

Pro golfer Jim Thorpe has been charged with failing to pay $1.6 million in federal taxes, which is the main reason the government is behind schedule on the stimulus plan.

The charges filed Wednesday in federal court in Orlando accuse Thorpe of failing to pay taxes on income he earned in 2002, 2003, and 2004.

PHOTO CAPTION: Look to the left of his shoulder, that’s his tee.

The charges allege that rather than pay his tax liabilities, Thorpe spent about $2 million on the construction of a new home and another $61,000 on a new vehicle.

The golfer’s attorney says his client plans to plead not guilty. The attorney says Thorpe didn’t willfully intend to violate the law.  Very similar to how Ugueth Urbina didn’t willfully intend to attack five workers with machetes and pour gasoline on them in an attempt to set them on fire in Venezuela back in October, 2005.