Mickey Rourke is searching for assist to pay his lease as he faces eviction.
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The 73-year-old actor owes $59,100 (£43,875) in lease on his Los Angeles abode and is encouraging his followers to donate to a GoFundMe web page referred to as Assist Mickey to Stop Eviction.
The web page reads: “Mickey Rourke is at present going through a really troublesome and pressing scenario: he’s vulnerable to being evicted from his dwelling. Life doesn’t all the time transfer in a straight line, and regardless of the whole lot Mickey has given by his work and his life, he’s now coping with a difficult monetary second that has put his housing in danger.
“The objective is to present Mickey some stability and peace of thoughts throughout a traumatic time so he can keep in his dwelling and have the house to get again on his toes. Any donation, regardless of the scale, will make an actual distinction.”
It is claimed Rourke’s lease elevated from $5,200 to $7,000 monthly, and in December, he was hit with a three-day eviction discover.
Paperwork obtained by the Every day Mail newspaper – which had been filed in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom on December 29, 2025 – acknowledged he was handed the discover on December 18.
Plaintiff Eric T. Goldie claimed the Iron Man II star owed $59,100 in unpaid lease.
It is mentioned he solely began renting the three-bedroom home on March 30, when he signed a lease for $5,200 monthly.
In keeping with the lawsuit, the lease was raised to $7,000 in his second month of occupancy.
The criticism claims that Rourke wasn’t at dwelling when somebody try and current him with the three-day discover, which meant the doc was as an alternative posted exterior the property.
Goldie can also be seeking to finish the lease, and have Rourke pay his legal professional charges.
Earlier this yr, The Wrestler star admitted his profession is “in the bathroom” after making some errors up to now, and he has struggled to e book jobs due to his unhealthy boy status.
He additionally confessed he signed as much as seem in UK actuality TV present Celeb Massive Brother as a result of he cannot face filming a “actually unhealthy impartial film”.
Again in April, he advised The Solar newspaper: “I’ve made errors, many. I’ve no one accountable for my ship sinking besides myself.
“My profession is in the bathroom and I’m not getting A-list motion pictures. I’d prefer to be again the place I can work on motion pictures which have integrity.
“There’s administrators I need to work with and have them not be afraid of me and belief me for who I’m immediately, not for the status I’ve.
“However as soon as it goes previous a sure level, I’ve bought a brief fuse – there’s no turning again. It’s on.”
He added that for CBB, it was a selection between the truth present “or a extremely unhealthy impartial film”.
Nevertheless, he was ejected from the programme’s home by producers following his “unacceptable behaviour”.
JoJo Siwa had accused him of “homophobic” language after overhearing him say he would “vote the lesbian out actual fast”.
Chris Hughes – who later began relationship the previous Dance Mothers star after leaving the home – defended her, and Rourke was ejected after what was described as “threatening and aggressive” behaviour in the direction of him.
A CBB spokesperson mentioned on the time: “Mickey Rourke has agreed to go away the Celeb Massive Brother home this night following a dialogue with Massive Brother concerning additional use of inappropriate language and cases of unacceptable behaviour.”
