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Anne Heche Can't Cough Up Cash for Kid, Ex
May 15, 2008 11:14 AM
Money apparently doesn't grow on trees for former "Men in Trees" star Anne Heche.
The actress, 38, says she can no longer afford to pay nearly $15,000 a month in child and spousal support because the cancellation of her ABC show has left her unemployed.
"I am continuing to look for work, but I have no offers pending and the impending strike by the Screen Actors Guild reduces my prospects for work even further," Heche wrote in court papers, according to People magazine.
On Wednesday, a judge gave Heche a temporary break, saying she didn't have to pay her July support payment to ex-husband Coley Laffoon, 34. In June, a judge gave Heche and Laffoon joint custody of their 6-year-old son, Homer, and ordered her to pay Laffoon $14,798 a month.
In a court declaration, Heche said without work, she can't afford to pay that sum along with private school tuition for Homer, the mortgage on her house in Canada where "Men in Trees" filmed, rent on her Los Angeles home and car expenses.
Laffoon filed for divorce from Heche in February 2007 after more than five years of marriage. The freelance videographer and stay-at-home dad originally wanted $45,000 a month from Heche, according to E! News. He alleged that Heche had "poor parenting skills" and exhibited "bizarre and delusional behavior" that made him wary of leaving Homer in her care.
In 2001, Heche went public with her longtime struggle with mental illness in her memoir, "Call Me Crazy." In it, she claimed to have an alter ego that was the daughter of God and half-sibling of Jesus named "Celestia."
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Mike_VT: It is $15,000 a MONTH, not a year. Celebs put their children in private schools, so that is VERY expensive, and then all of their activities, clothes (Which, they REALLY do NOT need new clothes EVERY month), and the other parent has to pay rent/mortgage, which in Hollywood is several thousands of dollars per month. I still believe that the dad should find a job and not get the spousal support, but if they do that to him then the courts need to do the same to the female divorcees also.
Posted by: Denise | May 16, 2008 12:07:25 AM
Here's an idea. If she cares about her kids then give up some of the luxuries she's accumulated.
Being a parent means you make sacrifices to raise them. If you have more stuff than you know what do with, that not caring for your kids, that's "Caring" for yourself/
Posted by: scott mccowan | May 16, 2008 6:51:34 AM
Well this is a real shocker huh....
Hey you dopey blonde, sell your house, get out of the lease on the other one and find something cheaper to rent, sell your cars and go green. Buy a car that uses less gas thus a savings. Do some porn I hear they make some good money. Dad get off your lazy alimony butt and get some work. Take care of the kid. Just do the right thing.
Posted by: Robert Mauro | May 16, 2008 6:43:59 PM
Well this is a real shocker huh....
Hey you dopey blonde, sell your house, get out of the lease on the other one and find something cheaper to rent, sell your cars and go green. Buy a car that uses less gas thus a savings. Do some porn I hear they make some good money. Dad get off your lazy alimony butt and get some work. Take care of the kid. Just do the right thing.
Posted by: Robert Mauro | May 16, 2008 6:44:05 PM
Hey people! Did you READ the article???? She has JOINT custody AND SHE is paying for her kids schooling and his care when he is with her. She also has to give HIM $15,000 per month!!!! Why should she have to give an able-bodied man that she shares custody with $15,000 a month???? She IS taking care of her kid! She is also taking care of HIM!!!! That isn't fair to her! He needs to get a job!
Posted by: Kasey | May 17, 2008 12:17:17 AM
Absolutely hilarious how up in arms some women are about this article. If the article was about a male celebrity who couldn’t pay his exorbitant child support there would be 300 posts on this article calling him a deadbeat and a scumbag. This country is filled with men supporting their “stay at home mom” ex-wives through ridiculously high “child” support and good luck trying to skip a month like Anne Heche because you’re out of work.
Posted by: guyfawkes | May 17, 2008 9:05:58 AM
Hey Rory Shackelford, you speak only for those who are unaware that Anne Heche and Ellen DeGeneres had a very bad breakup years ago, before this marriage to this guy. Or that Ellen is now happily with someone else. Gave me a nice laugh, though.
Posted by: elsie | May 17, 2008 7:39:24 PM
Alimony is a joke no matter what sex the person is. A celeb couple gets divorced the wife/husband should go out and get a job just like any other person. How do they think regular single parents manage to do it. They need to get the silver spoon out of their butts and get to work.
Posted by: Denise | May 19, 2008 2:59:44 PM
yep, the loser needs a job, just a thought why did he marry her. then plus who needs that kind of money for one child? that much would over take care of a child for one year. he is a gold digger and he came up with the mother load.
Posted by: CAROLINE | May 20, 2008 7:36:57 PM
yep, the loser needs a job, just a thought why did he marry her. then plus who needs that kind of money for one child? that much would over take care of a child for one year. he is a gold digger and he came up with the mother load.
Posted by: CAROLINE | May 20, 2008 7:37:00 PM
Wow. You people are brutal and very judgmental. How do you all not know that perhaps they all agreed that it was in the child's best interest to have at least one parent home full-time? If the child's father was a full-time dad before, would it not be less traumatic for that to stay the same as long as everyone could afford it?
Posted by: Star | May 29, 2008 6:14:58 PM
Hey NMGliderPilot - you're basing "most of the women" on what two or three have said?? I think if you take a second look, "most of the women" are saying that she should get a frikkin' job and pay for her kid. They're also saying that $15,000 a month is too much for support, whether you're male OR female. It's ridiculous. Don't lump everyone together based on what one or two say....sounds like you've been burned. : )
Posted by: Jillian | May 29, 2008 7:18:24 PM
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