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A judge recently entered an eviction ruling against actor Mickey Rourke who, despite owing nearly $60,000 <\/a>in unpaid rent at his Beverly Grove home, rejected more than $100,000<\/a> raised in a GoFundMe campaign coordinated by his manager to keep him housed.<\/p>\n On Monday, a judge issued a default eviction ruling in favor of Rourke\u2019s landlord, Eric Goldie, for possession of the home and termination of the rental agreement, according to documents in Los Angeles Superior Court. The default ruling means that Rourke failed to take action to defend against the eviction complaint within the time allowed by law.<\/p>\n Rourke, who was a leading man in the 1980s with movies including \u201cBarfly\u201d and \u201cAngel Heart\u201d and was later Oscar-nominated for his role in 2008\u2019s \u201cThe Wrestler,\u201d was served a three-day notice to pay rent or vacate the premises on Dec. 18 and failed to comply, according to court documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. <\/p>\n On Dec. 29, his landlord filed the eviction complaint, alleging that Rourke owed him $59,100 in back rent on the $7,000-a-month rental.<\/p>\n In January, Rourke\u2019s management team set up a GoFundMe to help keep the actor in his home, with his representative Kimberly Hines listed as the benefactor. Hines did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.<\/p>\n \u201cMickey Rourke is an icon \u2014 but his trajectory, as painful as it is, is also a deeply human one,\u201d read the description for the since-shuttered GoFundMe. \u201cIt is the story of someone who gave everything to his work, took real risks, and paid real costs. Fame 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<\/p>\n Fans quickly rallied to support the 73-year-old, with around 2,700 donors raising more than $100,000 within three days. <\/p>\n But Rourke refused to accept the money, denouncing the campaign in a Jan. 5 video posted on his Instagram <\/a>as \u201chumiliating\u201d and stating he would rather shoot himself (in a rather graphic way) than accept charity. <\/p>\n Rourke said he was in a \u201creally bad situation\u201d after new owners purchased the home he had been renting for years and would not fix anything. \u201cI said I\u2019m not paying rent, because there\u2019s mice, there\u2019s rats, the floor is rotten, one bathtub there is no water,\u201d he said in the video.<\/p>\n The \u201cIron Man 2\u201d villain said he didn\u2019t know who started the GoFundMe but assured fans he would speak to his lawyer and get to the bottom of it. He repeatedly urged anyone who donated to get their money back.<\/p>\n