Actress Marlee Matlin owes IRS $50,000, plans to sell her house
Marlee Matlin, 45, just confirmed that she owes the IRS $50,000 in back taxes.
To pay off the debt, the award-winning actress plans to sell her home in Pasadena, Calif., and take her four children out of private school.
Sounds like she’s serious.
Matlin stated, “I’m paying it back. I’m not shying away from it and I’m certainly not ashamed of it. It doesn’t mean I’m a bad person. It’s reality. It’s the reality that a lot of people in America are facing.”
Regardless of her Hollywood status, Matlin remarked that the debt did not come from living a lavish lifestyle.On the contrary, she signed said, “Living modestly in a suburban neighborhood while trying to support four children through private school is not extravagant or living large.”
The 2,607 square-foot home has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and is currently listed for $899,000.
Maitlin is a deaf actress best known for her lead role in the 1987 film “Children of a Lesser God” and made appearances in television shows such as “Dancing With the Stars,” “Seinfeld,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Picket Fences.”
She is currently a contestant on this season’s “Celebrity Apprentice.”
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