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The son of legendary R&B singer Gladys Knight has been sentenced to two years in prison after he failed to withhold payroll taxes for his restaurants.
Knight's son Shanga Hankerson, 45, had owned four locations of Gladys Knight's Chicken and Waffles in Georgia and Washington DC.
Hankerson, the sole owner of the business, had failed to remit more than $1 million in payroll taxes between 2012 and 2016.
He had pleaded guilty to charges on July 21 and was given a two-year prison sentence on Wednesday.
R&B singer Gladys Knight's son Shanga Hankerson, 45, was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday after he failed to withhold payroll taxes on Wednesday
Hankerson had named the restaurant after his mother Gladys Knight
Hankerson, who owned four locations in Georgia and Washington DC, failed to remit more than $1 million in payroll taxes between 2012 and 2016
Hankerson had opened the first location of the restaurant in Atlanta in 1997 before opening the three others over the course of the next several years.
As part of his ownership, he was required to withhold payroll taxes from his employees'
