Dennis Rodman owed his ex-wife $808,935 in child support. His own lawyer told the court he was "broke."
Days later, on NBC's Today, Rodman said: "I'm not broke at all."
The March 2012 filing also listed $51,441 in unpaid spousal support. His lawyer, Linnea Willis, called him "extremely sick."
His financial adviser said his wife filing for divorce had set off a binge.
His monthly support had been cut from $50,000 to $4,500. The debt still piled up.
In the video below, he says he isn't a Michael Jordan or Scottie Pippen money guy, but he made a decent living in the NBA.
Then the judge stepped in. In May 2012, he got 104 hours of community service for contempt on four counts, plus three years of probation.
In December, he was ordered to pay $500,000 in back child support. His lawyer said she would try to overturn it.
He said he wasn't broke. Was he broke, or just not paying?
@Aspect0F Only about $50,000 of the $500,000 she promised showed up by the 2013 hearing. The judge's 'actions speak louder than words' line fit perfectly
Lauryn Hill paid about $924,000 in back taxes right before her sentencing. She still went to prison.
She had earned more than $1.8 million from 2005 to 2007 and filed no tax returns. The government put the federal tax loss at $1,006,517.
At an earlier hearing in 2013, the judge learned Hill had paid only about $50,000 of the roughly $500,000 she promised. The judge said: "Actions speak louder than words, and there has been no effort here to pay these taxes."
Hill got about two more weeks.
Then she paid: about $504,000 to the IRS and $420,000 to New Jersey. About $285,000 in interest and penalties was still owed.
On May 6, 2013, a judge in Newark gave her 3 months in prison and a $60,000 fine. Prosecutors had asked for 36 months.
She reported to Danbury on July 8 and walked out in early October.
In the video below, a host reacts to the sentence and the $1.8 million in income she didn't pay taxes on.
The judge had said: "This is not someone who stands before the court penniless." Was Hill out of money, or did she wait until a court made her pay?
@JaceClipz Trusting your son to run your money for decades is understandable. But a trust that treats one child's $4.2 million in gifts as normal and gives each daughter $245,000 needs an outside audit
@JaceClipz Paying about $924K right before sentencing probably did a lot of the work. Prosecutors asked for 36 months, and she got 3 plus a $60,000 fine
@DemonJin86848 Once the stake dropped from 10% to 3%, he had no real voice left. Voting yes in 1996 is one thing, but he couldn't have stopped what came after
@softarox A jury cleared him of tax evasion, yet the one thing he said to Larry King was that he always paid. The $842K offer is what a court actually reviewed
@versivald Penalties and interest tend to pile up fast when returns aren't filed for three years straight. 2005 to 2007 with nothing filed is a long runway
@focuzzz_01 Getting back $126,000 out of $250,000 left sounds like a win until you remember the $4 million. The law he inspired did more for kids than the settlement did for him
@0xRuzy A fridge too small for eggs, so the windowsill did the job. Then he put it in Rocky and half the world started chugging raw eggs thinking it was a fitness secret
@creativeburne She went from being mortified by five minutes of footage to getting recognized everywhere. Which would be harder for you, watching yourself or suddenly being famous?