Nicolas Cage is in serious financial trouble.
Two of the actor’s homes in New Orleans’ French Quarter and Garden District have been auctioned off today due to unpaid mortgages.
A 13,000 square-foot French colonial home at 2523 Prytania Street, listed for sale this spring for $3.4 million, was sold for $2.2 million. The other home, the allegedly haunted LaLaurie Mansion on Royal Street in the French quarter, sold for $2.3 million, after being listed for $3.55 million. The city will extract roughly $151,729 in unpaid taxes from the proceeds of the sale, said Lea Young, a spokeswoman for the New Orleans Civil Sheriff.
It is reported that Nic owes the IRS $6.3 million in back taxes.
According to the Daily Express, good friend Johnny Depp is digging into his own pockets to help Nic out.
A source says, “Johnny called Nic and basically told him not to worry and he’d help him and sort everything out. Johnny feels he owes his career to Nic and now wants to repay him – if Nic agrees.”
Just an FYI- It was Nic Cage who sent Johnny to his agent when he was a struggling actor, in which landed him his first big gig- A Night mare on Elm Street!
Meanwhile, Cage is suing his former business manager, Samuel Levin, for $20 million, claiming bad advice and management caused his financial troubles.