From the editors of Wonderwall.com
6:21 am PST, February 28, 2019
Just because you’re a TV star doesn’t mean you don’t have to face financial problems. To take Tori spelling, for example. The daughter of legendary TV producer Aaron Spelling may have been a Hollywood star turned reality star, but in July 2016, the state of California hit on Tori and her husband. Dean mcdermott with a lien of $ 259,108.23 for unpaid taxes from 2014. The “Tori & Dean” star has denied rumors that she and her husband would go bankrupt in early 2016. “We’re not bankrupt, we’re not struggling, we’re fine!” she told People Now after American Express sued her for failing to pay an unpaid balance of $ 37,981.97. (They sued her once more in November 2016 – this time for $ 87,000.) An unpaid loan that she and Dean had with City National Bank for $ 400,000 resulted in a $ 220,000 default judgment in 2017 (the bank accused them of only paying back half), and the same year, Tori also handled a lawsuit from CitiBank for an outstanding balance of $ 5,000. In February 2019, the couple were notified of their case to the City National Bank, which wants to examine their finances to determine how to get the rest of their money back. Dean has been in hot water since not paying child support in the amount of $ 6,000 to ex-wife Mary Jo Eustace. But these aren’t the only reality TV stars who have struggled with money. Read on to get the scoop …
The stars of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” Teresa giudice and her husband Joe Giudice were charged with hiding assets and income in a bankruptcy case, conspiracy to defraud lenders and illegally obtain mortgages and loans in July 2013. Teresa did so . almost a full year in federal prison in 2015, with Joe following suit and surrendering to begin his 41 month sentence in March 2016. When Joe is released, he to be expelled back to his native Italy.
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The cast of “Jersey Shore” rose to prominence in the late 2000s, but Mike “The situationSorrentino found himself in hot water a decade later. The MTV star was sentenced to eight months in prison in October 2018 after pleading guilty to tax evasion (he was first charged with conspiracy to commit fraud in 2014) after the government claimed it had not paid all taxes owed on $ 8.9 million he earned between 2010 and 2012. He told jail in January 2019.
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It’s been nearly a decade since Jon Gosselin first appeared in the limelight as the patriarch of “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” but with his reality TV days behind him, the divorced father of eight has struggled to make ends meet. “I lost all my money. I lost everything,” said Jon – who has since served tables, installed solar panels and DJed to pay the bills – during an appearance on “The Steve Harvey”. Show “in 2016.
Former “Dance Moms” choreographer-instructor Abby Lee Miller pleaded guilty to one count of concealing bankruptcy assets and one count of non-reporting of an international currency transaction in June 2016 after have been charged with 20 counts of fraud following her bankruptcy in 2010. She went to jail in July 2017 after being sentenced to one year and one day, but she ultimately did not serve that entire sentence. She was transferred to a halfway house in March 2018 and released in may.
Spencer pratt and Heidi montag may have been two of the biggest reality TV stars on the planet by the end of the years, but the next decade saw them living a much more modest lifestyle. The alumni of “The Hills” reportedly considered filing for bankruptcy in 2010 and lived rent-free at a property owned by Spencer’s parents for a time. “We’re not going to buy brand name clothes, buy fancy cars and go to all the fancy restaurants anymore,” the former villain told “Entertainment Tonight” in May 2016.
In 2013, the Los Angeles Times reported that Janice Dickinson had filed for bankruptcy. According to court documents, the former model and reality TV mainstay, who appeared in “Couples Therapy,” “Celebrity Big Brother,” “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew,” “America’s Next Top Model,” “The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency “and up, was at one point in debt of $ 1 million and owed $ 500,000 in unpaid taxes.
Richard Hatch won $ 1 million at the end of the first season of “Survivor” in 2000, but he landed behind bars after being convicted of two counts of tax evasion in 2006.
Former “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Kim Richards has been accused of failing to pay the state of California $ 118,000 in back taxes in 2018. The government has claimed she owed it to money on earnings from 2013 and 2014. But she certainly wasn’t the first “RHOBH” star to be faced with a privilege…
Brandi glanville should have $ 29,396.35 in back taxes for 2013 and $ 82,448.38 for 2014. She was hit with a federal tax lien in 2016 for a total of approximately $ 112,000.
2016 saw another Bravolebrity hit with federal tax lien – “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star NeNe Leaks. The star was accused of owed $ 830,000 in back taxes from 2014 – the same year she starred in “RHOA”, competed on “Dancing With the Stars” and launched her own clothing line on the Home Shopping Network.
Are you representing another “Real Housewives” franchise? Sonja Morgan! In 2010, the star of “The Real Housewives of New York City” filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York City. She revealed that she had nearly $ 20 million in debt at the time.
Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon osbourne starred in one of MTV’s first celebrity reality shows, “The Osbournes”. In 2008 and 2009, they were accused of not paying taxes. The amount in question? $ 1.8 million. A lien was placed on their home in 2011 for the overdue amount, but when the couple found out, they paid it off within a week.
It’s not just her parents who are behind on their bills! In 2009, the star of “The Osbournes” Kelly osbourne failed to pay $ 34,763.30 in taxes to the State of California.
In July 2015, a report surfaced alleging that rapper TI owed the federal government more than $ 4.5 million in unpaid taxes between 2012 and 2013. Less than a year later, Uncle Sam struck down. star of “TI & Tiny: The Family Hustle” with yet another privilege – this time for unpaid taxes from 2014 – bringing the total amount he owed the IRS to $ 6.2 million.
In 2010, the state of California hit the reality superstar Khloe kardashian with a tax lien of $ 18,490.74 due to back taxes, penalties, and unpaid 2007 collection fees. (This was definitely an important lesson for the star in dealing with your taxes!)
Reality TV mainstay Gary Busey, who has appeared in everything from “Dancing With the Stars” and “The Apprentice” to “Celebrity Big Brother” and “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew”, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2012. He reportedly had less than $ 50,000 in assets and owed up to $ 1 million to the IRS, Wells Fargo and a Los Angeles medical facility.
