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How do you owe $55 to a public library???

JEDIYoda

Lifer
Rick Mahorn broke...

Apparently it doesn't matter when you played in the NBA, if you were ever a forward in the Eastern Conference there's a good chance you're going to file for bankruptcy. It sucks, but based on Antoine Walker, Derrick Coleman, and now Rick Mahorn it has to be true. Stupid recession.

As I mentioned, the bankruptcy bug has stricken former Piston/Bullet/Net/76er Rick Mahorn. It's your typical tale of investments gone bad, houses going under, and just general bad luck. Take it away, Detroit News.

Mahorn, 51, and his wife filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy because of failed investments, the plummeting value of their Rochester Hills home, and the burden of repaying more than $200,000 to the IRS, he said. Portions of his paychecks have been seized to satisfy delinquent federal taxes, records show.[...]

Mahorn and his wife filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Dec. 8, listing $228,603 in assets and $518,688 in liabilities. The case is pending in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit. A Chapter 7 filing lets individuals discharge certain debts while allowing the court to liquidate nonexempt assets and use the money to help pay creditors.

Public records indicate Mahorn and his wife faced a foreclosure sale in April 2009 because the couple had defaulted on their mortgage and owed more than $539,000. They were later sued in a Rochester Hills district court by U.S. National Bank, which won a judgment for possession in November.


Despite making more than $6 million throughout his playing career and pulling in a six figure salary as a Pistons commentator, Mahorn and his wife had just $1,101 dollars to their name when they filed. The couple also listed three late-model cars and a house that's value had decreased by $300,000. Perhaps saddest of all, Mahorn no longer has his championship ring from his days with the Pistons, telling the Detroit News that "it's gone."

Furthermore, he also owes $55 to a local library, which is kind of like terrible icing on the horrible cake. Good luck, Rick.

Dude must be a reader...lol
 
Am I supposed to know who this douchecanoe is?

BTW $55 is only what, 2 hardcover or 3-4 paperback books? If he lost or damaged a couple of books it's easy enough to rack up that kind of fine.
 
Poor guy. Made 6 million and spent it all. He could have put it in treasuries and lived like a king.
 
I paid $25 to a library when I lost one book. $55 isn't hard to imagine.
 
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Don't need to be visible to have to pay. Locally, a women's pet tore up a paperback book worth $15 new. She felt bad and went and bought a new one and brought it, along with the chewed up one, to the library. They refused and charged her $60.

Like all gubbermint institutions, kickbacks are a PITA to live with.
 
Am I supposed to know who this douchecanoe is?

BTW $55 is only what, 2 hardcover or 3-4 paperback books? If he lost or damaged a couple of books it's easy enough to rack up that kind of fine.

Wiki would have taken less time than deciding whether douchecanoe is a good term or not. It's not. Let it die and never use it again.
 
People use libraries to checkout books? It seems the only time I hear about a library in MN is when people are using the computers as jackoff stations.
 
Poor guy. Made 6 million and spent it all. He could have put it in treasuries and lived like a king.

Well it's not like they handed him $6 million in cash his first day in the league. He made a little over $6 million over his 18 year NBA career.
 
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