In 1990, Coleman’s TV fortune stood at a reported $7 million. A bitter legal tug-of-war with his adoptive parents (whom he accused of stealing as much as $1 million from his estate) and ongoing medical woes (kidney dysfunction, including two failed transplants, since he was 4 years old) collectively drained his bank account.
Three years after being named Hollywood’s Highest Paid Actor of 2007 for Rush Hour 3, Chris Tucker couldn’t get the IRS off his back once they started asking for the $11 million he owed them in back taxes. The only way he could get out of the predicament was to sell his three mansions in Florida and L.A.