OJ Simpson Miami Home in Foreclosure
O.J. Simpson, best known for his NFL history and murder trial for his wife and her friend, is back in the news. Simpson’s Kendall home has just gone into foreclosure.
According the Miami-Dade Circuit Court records the home is valued at $478,000. He purchased the property in 2000 for $575,000. The property includes four bedrooms and four bathrooms.
Simpson’s attorney requested the courts to dismiss the case. There are no reports on the response of the courts yet.
Currently, Simpson is in a Nevada prison serving nine to 33 years for the conviction of a kidnapping and connection with an armed robbery.
Jamarcus Russell Avoids Foreclosure
JaMarcus Russell, the one-time Raider, is now trying to get back on his feet. The one thing he did right was selling off the $2.4 million mansion he bought in 2007. He nearly lost the home in an auction when he failed to pay $195,512.05 in mortgage payments.
In September, JaMarcus sold the Bay area home for just over a million dollars. Now that he has a major financial problem off his shoulders, he can work on that physique and knock those lazy and fat rumors. Regardless of what people say, he is still a millionaire.
Lenny Dykstra arrested, foreclosed home sold
On Monday, authorities took former Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star, Lenny Dykstra, into custody and charged him with 25 misdemeanors and one felony count.
Bail for the 48-year-old, who played professional ball for the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, has been set at $500,000 with a bail-review scheduled for Friday.
In April, “Nails” was found in possession of cocaine, ecstasy and a Human Growth Hormone (HGH), Somatropin. His accountant and friend were also charged in the case. Prosecutors allege the three men attempted to lease high-end vehicles with credit from a fake company called Home Free Systems.
This is just the latest chapter in an otherwise turbulent post-baseball career for Dykstra.
Back in 2007, he ran into some trouble when he purchased an $18.5 million, six-bedroom home from Wayne Gretzky. After not paying for the home, he put the property on the market for $24.95 million in June 2008.
When the home did not sell, it fell into foreclosure. Dykstra actually sued the lender because he argued it “fraudulently induced him to borrow more than he could afford.”
You can’t make this stuff up.
Both parties eventually settled and the home was repossessed. A group of investors later purchased the country club estate for an undisclosed sum.
He should only be so lucky this time around.
Plaxico Burress released from prison, saves Florida house from foreclosure
In 2009, New York Giants NFL wide receiver, Plaxico Burress, shot himself in the thigh with a loaded and unregistered gun at a Manhattan nightclub.
To add insult to injury, he was sentenced to 21 months in a medium security prison because of the incident and subsequent “cover up” scandal.
While incarcerated, the NFL star had a $3.3 million foreclosure lawsuit filed against him and his wife. According to Broward County court records, he was served Jan. 26, 2010. The home, in Light House Point, Fla., includes 6,872-square-feet with five bedrooms and six bathrooms. The original purchase price was about $4 million in 2005.
Since the announcement of the foreclosure, the Burress family has saved their South Florida residence.
While in the 12×12 prison cell, Burress had a few minor infractions. Reports say that he had misled the corrections officer to make a phone call, exchanged sneakers with another inmate and possessed an extra pillow. The report also states that his room was filthy with unopened bags of food and dirty clothes on the floor.
Before heading to the airport yesterday, Burress stopped at a luxury hotel where his family was staying. He was greeted by his wife, kissed his daughter and wrapped his arms around his son. When they arrived to the South Florida home, a banner that read, “Welcome Home” was in the driveway.
Burress yelled for the family and dog and said, “I’m doing good.”
Terrell Owens gets sued over martini bar lease
NFL superstar and drama queen, Terrell Owens, is being sued by a Birmingham business for terminating a lease on a martini bar. Apparently T.O and his cousin Antonio Minnfield didn’t pay $12,000 from a lease agreement when it was terminated.
The martini bar lawsuit has been filed in the Jefferson County Circuit Court. The lease was ended in March 2008 by T.O and Minnfield’s company under the name Minnifield Owens Lounges, also known as M&O Lounges. The lawsuit requires a payment of over $9,000 in principal balance and $3,000 in attorney fees that is owed.
No word on what the two are expected to do. Meanwhile Terrell Owens is under crunch time to find a new team since he is currently a free agent after leaving the Buffalo Bills.
