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Baldwin brothers acting family Gary Busey, who continues to have financial difficulty with the IRS Kim Basinger, who bought a town for $20 million right before she was sued for more than $8 million (breach of contract case) Lorraine Bracco, who admitted when interviewed that bankruptcy is a humbling experience Tia Carrere, who was accused of filing bankruptcy to get out of her contract with ABC
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by Michael A. Cibik, Esq American Bankruptcy Board Certified Question: Do you ever want to live the lifestyle of the rich and famous? Celebrities file bankruptcy too! Answer: In the mid ’80s to early ’90s, a television show, “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”, was broadcast in America with its host, Robin Leach, showing the everyday American how the rich and famous lived their lives, often on exotic vacations. Celebrities are often admired, imitated and fawned over in our society. But when you look closely, those celebrities are not any different from the average Joe on the street. However, unlike Joe, who can file for bankruptcy protection and have privacy, celebrities filing for bankruptcy make headlines and fingers get pointed about why or how or what caused financial distress. While the celebrity lifestyle may be quite different from Joe’s, financial distress has the same effect on everyone, and everyone is entitled to a fresh start, no matter how many (or how few) paparazzi stalk them. Listed below are a few (not all) bankruptcies of film and television stars who have filed for bankruptcy protection: Real Housewives of New Jersey: Terese & Joe Giudice, Danielle Staub, Chris Manzo (his company) Real Housewives of New York: Sonja Morgan Real Housewives of Orange County: Alexis & Jim Bellino, Simon Barney, Tammy Knickerbocker, Lynne & Frank Curtin Real Housewives of Atlanta: Lisa Wu Hartwell Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Taylor & Russell Armstrong Real Housewives of D.C.: Michaele & Tareq Salahi Stephen Baldwin, one of the
Gary Coleman, now deceased, but who was once the highest-paid child actor in his era Francis Ford Coppola, who had many box-office successes, also had failures that put his studio at risk Walt Disney, who created Mickey Mouse AFTER his bankruptcy and went on to fantastic success Burt Reynolds, whose bad investments caused his financial distress Zsa Zsa Gabor, who filed bankruptcy after losing a libel suit filed by Elke Sommer Mickey Rooney, who also became a victim of elder financial abuse after his bankruptcy (Cont. Page 19)