13 Famous People You Won't Believe Are Poor

1. Mike Tyson

The boxer has racked up over $ 400 million over the course of his career, with $ 60 million from major fights against Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis - both lost to him, by the way. But in 2003, Tyson was in debt of $ 23 million because of a divorce and overdue taxes. He had to declare bankruptcy.

2. Pamela Anderson

A "Playboy" and "SOS Malibu" series diva, in the 1990s, Pamela Anderson had several problems with US taxes and had to sell numerous assets acquired at the height of her success.

3. Wesley Snipes

In 2008, the "Blade" actor was charged with tax evasion and amassed a $ 12 million debt. He was sentenced to three years in prison for this.

4. Chris Tucker

In the late 1990s, Tucker was a big star for the "Rush Hour" trilogy alongside Jackie Chan. He became one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood, but could not manage the money and owed $ 14 million in taxes and $ 4 million to the Sun Trust bank.

5. Nicolas Cage

Between 1996 and 2011, Cage amassed a fortune of $ 150 million. But he toasted the buffalo on houses, cars, and boats, accumulating untold debt.

6. Lindsay Lohan

Even with a career that began in childhood, Lindsay didn't manage to manage money throughout her life and boasted much more than she really could. She owes $ 600, 000 on her credit card and $ 300, 000 on taxes.

7. Kim Basinger

Giving up on a movie, Kim was forced to pay a $ 8 million contractual fine - far more than she had accumulated throughout her career. She managed to reduce that debt to $ 3 million, but still went through trouble after that.

8. Brendan Fraser

Despite several successes in the curriculum, Fraser had a hard time following the divorce in 2007. He even delayed his children's pension on the grounds that he had no money to make the payments.

9. Toni Braxton

The Unbreak My Heart singer has filed for bankruptcy twice! The first in 1998, after accumulating a debt of almost $ 4 million. At the time, it sold even some of the prizes it won during its career. In 2010, things got worse all the time due to divorce, the discovery of lupus disease and the treatment of a child with autism.

10. Roy Rossello

Despite having exploded in the 1980s with the boy band Menudo, Rossello went through several needs after success. He even sold jewelry at a mall in Campinas (SP) and tried his luck on the reality show “A Fazenda 7”, by Record.

11. Ricardo Costa

Costa was very successful with the group Polegar, here in Brazil, and even played countless shows a month at the height of fame. However, with its increasingly distant success, Costa went through countless personal problems and even asked for money on his Facebook.

12. Rubén Aguirre

The eternal teacher Girafales has had a hard time in recent years. In 2011, he declared bankruptcy and had to ask his friends for help, such as Roberto Bolaños, the interpreter of Chaves. The debt accumulated after he had to pay several surgeries for his wife, who suffered a serious car accident.

13. Marcos Winter

He was once a Rede Globo heartthrob, but spent five years with no major role and accumulating debt. To get out of the red, Winter had to sell everything she had earned.

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