Permanent NBA bench warmer Eddy Curry was sued for failure to pay back $600,000 in loans. In fact, this waste of talent has not even paid back a single dime of the loan. He can’t afford to.
Why can’t he pay back the money? Well, let us count the ways: Curry currently has a Rolls Royce; a pair of 2009 Land Rovers; a Phantom Convertible; an unpaid mortgage on his mansion; $17,000 a month in rent; $30,000 a month on “household expenses”; private school tuition; and a personal chef worth $6,000 a month.
In addition to that, Curry owes NBA star Juwan Howard $350,000 and he giveS $16,000 a month to his parents, his sister and his father-in-law, reports the New York Daily News. Relatives have driven off with some of the 12 cars he has purchased.
“Mr. Curry appears to be a very, very generous man,” joked Allstar lawyer Donald David. “He appears to have taken it upon himself to support every person named Curry on the East Coast.”
This tale would be hilarious rather than pathetic if this human car crash stopped here. But of course it doesn’t.
Casual Male Retail Group has filed a suit over a $46,000 bill he owes. Curry’s home in suburban Chicago has fallen into foreclosure, and he has more than $200,000 garnished from his paychecks each month, court documents show.
Last year, Curry begged the Knicks to advance him $8 million towards erasing his massive debts, but they only gave him about $2 million.
Curry’s legion of problems aren’t totally financial; they are also mental and physical. Curry has played a total of 10 games in the past two years because he cannot stay healthy, the newspaper reported, and he’s averaging a paltry four points a game.
Lastly, and perhaps most telling, is that Curry is being sued by his former limo driver. The driver accuses Curry of pleasuring himself in the nude in front of the driver and asking the driver to “come and touch it.”
Now, Supreme Court Justice Jane Solomon has ordered Curry to fork over $75,000 a month plus interest toward the Allstar loan of $600,000. To boot, Solomon said Allstar will be able to seize three of Curry’s luxury cars – the Land Rovers and the Phantom convertible. Get this, Curry took out the loan with Allstar two years ago knowing it had an 85 percent interest rate. Wow.
Any questions as to why many athletes go broke? That completes Exhibit No. 1. –terry shropshire
