Actor Paul Hogan said, on 6 January 2011, that he plans to sue the Australian government over its failed five-year criminal investigation of his tax affairs. His lawyer said the probe had damaged Hogan’s reputation and cost him millions of dollars in lost job opportunities.
The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) announced on 23 November 2010 that it was discontinuing its criminal investigation into alleged tax evasion by Hogan and his manager, John Cornell, because there were "insufficient prospects of securing convictions" and it was not in the public interest to continue. The Australian Taxation Office, however, is still conducting a civil investigation.
After the ACC investigation was dropped, Hogan said in media interviews that his name had been "demolished" and that job offers had dried up because of the probe.
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