{"id":2324355,"date":"2026-03-12T07:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T07:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2324355"},"modified":"2026-03-12T07:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T07:06:04","slug":"mickey-rourke-evicted-from-home-after-turning-down-100000-in-help-from-fans-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mickey-rourke-evicted-from-home-after-turning-down-100000-in-help-from-fans-nbc10-philadelphia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mickey Rourke evicted from home after turning down $100,000 in help from fans \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A Los Angeles court ordered <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/mickey-rourke-wrestling-bills-appealing-fans-help-back-rent-rcna252349\" target=\"_blank\">Mickey Rourke&#8217;s eviction, <\/a>which comes after the Oscar-nominated actor turned down help from fans who&#8217;d donated more than $100,000 to keep a roof over this head.<\/p>\n<p>Landlord Eric Goldie won a default judgement against defendant Philip Andre Rourke, &#8220;aka Mickey Rourke,&#8221; on Monday, court records showed.<\/p>\n<p>Rourke had signed a lease agreement through at least April 30 of last year, with rent starting at $5,200 before going up to $7,000 a month for the three-bedroom home at 6520 Drexel Ave. in Los Angeles, according to court records.<\/p>\n<p>Rourke fell months behind and owed Goldie $59,100, including legal fees, by the end of last year, the landlord said in court papers.<\/p>\n<p>Just after the new year, Rourke&#8217;s manager had organized a GoFundMe effort to help raise $100,000 so he could pay back rent and \u201cstay in his home\u201d during this \u201cextremely stressful time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans quickly helped the campaign reach its six-digit goal so that the actor would avoid eviction from his home due to \u201chealth challenges, financial strain, and the quiet toll of being left behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Rourke said he never authorized this fundraiser and said he was \u201cfrustrated\u201d and \u201cconfused\u201d because he was unaware of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not me, okay?\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019d rather, if I needed money, I wouldn\u2019t ask for no f&#8212;ing charity. I\u2019d rather stick a gun up my a&#8211; and pull the trigger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy life is very simple, I wouldn\u2019t go to outside sources like that,\u201d he added, later calling the campaign \u201cembarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goldie, his lawyer and a representative for Rourke could not be immediately reached for comment on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><em>Austin Mullen contributed.<\/em><\/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.nbcphiladelphia.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Los Angeles court ordered Mickey Rourke&#8217;s eviction, which comes after the Oscar-nominated actor turned down help from fans who&#8217;d donated more than $100,000 to keep a roof over this head. Landlord Eric Goldie won a default judgement against defendant Philip Andre Rourke, &#8220;aka Mickey Rourke,&#8221; on Monday, court records showed. 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