Mickey Rourke insists he doesn’t need charity to pay his bills — but his landlord wants to evict him for owing nearly $60,000 in back rent and slam the actor with a new lawsuit seeking legal fees and costs for all his troubles, according to The Guardian.
The National Enquirer has learned a process server hired by the washed-up stud’s landlord tried four times to slap him with eviction papers between Jan. 14 and Jan. 20.
“I knocked and announced that I am a registered process server here to serve court documents,” states the process server’s affidavit filed on Jan. 28. “There was still no response.”
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Days earlier, the landlord filed an amended complaint not only seeking $59,100 in back rent from the 9 ½ Weeks star but also demanding “reasonable attorney fees” for all the trouble, court documents show.
This all comes just days after tough guy Rourke, 73, was talking smack about a GoFundMe account that claimed to be raising cash to help him squirm out of his financial obligations.
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“I wouldn’t take a nickel of charity,” raged Rourke, adding that he’d “rather stick a gun up my ass and pull the trigger” than accept the money.
The appeal was set up Jan. 4 to raise $60,000 to help the actor — Oscar-nominated for his 2008 comeback, The Wrestler — cover overdue rent for his Los Angeles home. It was believed his management team launched the account, which raised more than $100,000 before being shut down.
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In an Instagram post, he called the fundraiser a “scam” and said his lawyer was trying to reimburse anyone who donated money, but had only succeeded in returning 10 percent of the cash.