{"id":2238407,"date":"2026-01-17T02:40:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2238407"},"modified":"2026-01-17T02:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:40:49","slug":"mickey-rourke-trying-to-refund-90k-from-scam-fundraiser-nbc-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mickey-rourke-trying-to-refund-90k-from-scam-fundraiser-nbc-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"Mickey Rourke trying to refund $90K from \u2018scam\u2019 fundraiser \u2013 NBC Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After denouncing a fundraiser set up in his name, actor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/mickey-rourke-denounces-fundraiser-set-up-in-his-name\/3827500\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/mickey-rourke-denounces-fundraiser-set-up-in-his-name\/3827500\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mickey Rourke<\/a> said Friday that he is now trying to return the donated money.<\/p>\n<p>The actor said he is \u201cupset and embarrassed\u201d about the fundraiser in a social media post, calling the fundraising effort a \u201cscam,\u201d which raised more than $100,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy attorney is doing everything in his power to make sure anyone who gave their hard earned money is quickly returned,\u201d the actor said, adding that there was more than $90,000 to be returned as of Friday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>The campaign was launched last week after reports that Rourke had been served a notice to vacate his Beverly Grove home.<\/p>\n<p>The actor later took to social media and said he\u2019s not asking his fans for money and does not understand why the fundraiser was created.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In December, Rourke was served with a notice to pay about $60,000 in back rent.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mickey Rourke denounces fundraiser set up in his name\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bn4WSLQa0fI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The fundraiser&#8217;s page recounts Rourke&#8217;s career transition from acting to boxing and describes his mental health and financial struggles.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoxing &#8212; real and punishing &#8212; left lasting physical and emotional scars, and the industry that once celebrated him moved on quickly,\u201d the page said. \u201cWhat followed were years of struggle not defined by spectacle, but by survival: health challenges, financial strain and the quiet toll of being left behind.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the page, the fundraiser was created with Rourke&#8217;s \u201cfull permission\u201d to help prevent eviction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMickey Rourke is an icon \u2014 but his trajectory, as painful as it is, is also a deeply human one. It is the story of someone who gave everything to his work, took real risks and paid real costs,\u201d the fundraising site stated. \u201cFame does not protect against hardship, and talent does not guarantee stability. What remains is a person who deserves dignity, housing and the chance to regain his footing.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rourke is an Oscar-nominated actor whose breakout role was in Francis Ford Coppola&#8217;s 1983 film \u201cRumble Fish.\u201d He won a Golden Globe and earned an Oscar nod for his starring role in Darren Aronofsky&#8217;s &#8220;The Wrestler&#8221; in 2008. He is also known for his leading roles in movies such as \u201cBarfly\u201d and \u201cDiner.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nbcconnecticut.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After denouncing a fundraiser set up in his name, actor Mickey Rourke said Friday that he is now trying to return the donated money. The actor said he is \u201cupset and embarrassed\u201d about the fundraiser in a social media post, calling the fundraising effort a \u201cscam,\u201d which raised more than $100,000. \u201cMy attorney is doing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2238408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003],"class_list":["post-2238407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mickey-Rourke-trying-to-refund-90K-from-\u2018scam-fundraiser-\u2013.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2238407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2238409,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238407\/revisions\/2238409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2238408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2238407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2238407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2238407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}