Actor Mickey Rourke faces eviction from L.A. home over $60,000 in unpaid rent
Actor Mickey Rourke faces eviction from his Los Angeles home after failing to pay rent.
Rourke, whose birth name is Philip Andre Rourke Jr., received a three-day notice to pay rent or vacate the premises on Dec. 18 and had failed to comply, according to court documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday.
At the time of the notice, he owed $59,100 in unpaid rent.
A representative for Rourke did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In March, Rourke signed a lease for the three-bedroom, 2.5-bath house for $5,200 a month; it was subsequently raised to $7,000 a month, states the court filings.
A Zillow listing describes the property as a "nicely upgraded Spanish bungalow" built in 1926. Raymond Chandler was said to have resided there for two years in the 1940s.
The property's owner, Eric Goldie, is requesting a fade, compensation for attorney's fees and for damages. A lawyer for Goldie was unavailable for comment.
A former boxer, Rourke, 73, turned to acting with small roles in the 1980 film "Heaven's Gate" and "Body Heat" a year later, before earning acclaim for his role in 1982's "Diner."
After a slate of leading roles in a number of movies including "The Pope of Greenwich Village," "9 1/2 Weeks" and "Rumble Fish," Rourke's film career took a nosedive, with his off-screen antics frequently overshadowing his acting.
"I lost everything. My house, my wife, my credibility, my career," he told The Times in an interview in 2008. "I just all had all this anger from my childhood, which was really shame, not anger, and used it as armor and machismo to cover up my wounds. Unfortunately, the way I acted really frightened people, although it was really just me who was scared. But I was like this person who was short-circuited and I didn’t know how to fix myself."
Actor Mickey Rourke faces eviction from L.A. home over $60,000 in unpaid rent
Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke was served with an eviction notice over nearly $60,000 in unpaid rent on his three-bedroom Los Angeles home.
