Celebrity Foreclosures

(Note: This is a continually-updated post about celebrities who are in foreclosure trouble. We will add names below as they make the news. Please come back to see the latest celebrity foreclosure news.)

Original Post (June 6, 2008):
We can’t ignore it any longer: celebrities are taking the foreclosure hit, too. The latest celebrity is former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield. A legal notice that appeared in a local newspaper shows his Fayette County, GA estate is under foreclosure. The 104-room, 54,000-square-foot home worth an estimated $10 million and is to be auctioned by a bank on July 1.

Below is a veritable who’s who of celebrities facing foreclosure. Who’s next?

Timeline of celebrity foreclosures:

2008:

06/18/08: Shaq wants to help foreclosure victims
06/23/08: Dallas Cowboys’ ‘Pacman’ Jones and former NBA star Vin Baker in foreclosure trouble
06/26/08: Ernestine Anderson in foreclosure trouble
07/10/08: Evander Holyfield Ducks Foreclosure Punch
08/15/08: Trump Rescuing Ed McMahon‘s Home
08/20/08: Record Producer Damon Dash Faces Foreclosure
11/24/08: Wyclef Jean Faces Foreclosure on Miami Beach Canal-Front Home Remodel
12/09/08: American Idol star Fantasia Facing Foreclosure

2009:

04/15/09: Former major league baseball player Lenny Dykstra facing foreclosure
05/12/09: Victoria Gotti‘s Growing Up Gotti house in foreclosure
06/04/09: Victoria Gotti Cuts Deal with Feds to Avoid Foreclosure
06/12/09: Stephen Baldwin Losing Nyack Home for Foreclosure
08/11/09: Atlanta Real Housewives’ Lisa Wu Hartwell Loses Home to Foreclosure
09/14/09: LaToya Jackson‘s Las Vegas Condo in Foreclosure
10/14/09: Toni Braxton Faces Foreclosure
11/12/09: Nicolas Cage Loses His New Orleans Homes to Foreclosure
11/30/09: Latrell Sprewell Faces Foreclosure on his Purchase, NY home
12/23/09: Sinbad Could Lose Home to Foreclosure

2010:

01/21/10: Detroit Lions Lineman Luther Elliss to Lose Home to Foreclosure
01/26/10: Nicolas Cage‘s Foreclosed Las Vegas Home Sells for Half the Price He Paid
02/19/10: Ex-NY Giant Plaxico Burress Gets Foreclosure Notice
02/23/10: Las Vegas Entertainer Wayne Newton Faces Foreclosure
03/16/10: Former Boxer Thomas Hearns at Risk of Foreclosure
03/19/10: Octomom Could Face Eviction Due to Foreclosure
04/15/10: Octomom gets Six-Month Reprieve from Foreclosure
04/16/10: Dustin Diamond Facing Foreclosure Again
06/07/10: Chamillionaire Forecloses on Houston Mansion
06/07/10: Real Housewife of NJ Teresa Giudice in Foreclosure
06/16/10: Former NBA Star Antoine Walker Faces Foreclosure, Declares Bankruptcy
06/17/10: Former NHL Star Sergei Federov Faces Foreclosure on Two Detroit-Area Mansions
08/31/10: Real Housewife of OC Alexis Bellino Avoids Foreclosure
09/10/10: Mel Gibson sued for failure to pay outstanding balance for work completed on 3 of his Malibu properties. Gibson is facing foreclosure on all three properties
10/11/10: Erin Moran Loses Home to Foreclosure and Dustin Diamond Facing Foreclosure Again
11/17/10: Actor Tim Busfield Facing Foreclosure
12/15/10: Julius Erving (“Dr. J”) Losing Utah home to Foreclosure
12/22/10: Jermaine Jackson’s Rental Heads to Foreclosure

2011:

01/07/11: OC Housewife Alexis Bellino Buys More Time From Foreclosure
01/31/11: Timbaland Prevents Foreclosure On His $2.6 Million Condo
02/02/11: Brittany Murphy’s Former Home Avoid Foreclosure Auction
03/04/11: Oakland Raiders’ JaMarcus Russell in Foreclosure
03/09/11: Former NBA All-Star Allen Iverson’s Colorado Home Foreclosed
03/11/11: Kluge’s Albemarle House Turns From $100 Million Listing to $15.3 Million Foreclosure Sale
04/15/11: After Death, Rapper Nate Dogg‘s Home Goes into Foreclosure
7/13/11: R. Kelly Facing Foreclosure on Chicago-Area Mansion

2012:

02/27/12: Terrell Owens Faces Foreclosure on 2 Dallas Homes
04/06/12: Bank Forecloses on Kristin Cavallari‘s Laguna Beach Family Mansion
11/26/12: Allison Janney‘s Palm Springs home foreclosed

2013:

02/11/13: Bank Selling Atlanta Home Allen Iverson Lost to Foreclosure
03/19/13: R. Kelly Loses Home to Foreclosure
05/01/13: Drake Bell of Nickelodeon’s ‘Drake and Josh’ Lists Home, Faces Foreclosure