Actress Anne Heche can’t afford the whopping $15,000 a month in child support that she is required to shell out for her six year old son Homer and toward spousal support for ex husband Coley Laffoon. The out of work actress is blaming her inability to pay on the cancellation of her TV show Men in Trees, which would seem to indicate that the celebrity lives paycheck to paycheck. The SAG strike put her out of work for months and just this week it was announced that her show won’t be picked up for another season.
Anne appeared before Superior Court Judge Gail Ruderman yesterday and was lucky enough to get a temporary reprieve. The judge is allowing Heche to skip her July payment with the understanding that she will need to provide further income and expense information to prove her cash flow situation is legitimate. In court papers Anne stated:
I am continuing to look for work, but I have no offers pending. Since January 18, 2008, I have been unemployed and had no income from employment except for one very short-term contract for a movie role which I received a total of $65,000, approximately the amount I received for one episode of Men in Trees.”
Anne and Coley were married in September 2001 and had their son Homer Heche Laffoon in March 2002. The couple split in January of 2007 amid rumors that Heche dumped her husband for the co-star of Men in Trees James Tupper. The show rode high in ratings until the affair rumors surfaced. It wasn’t long afterward that the series hit the skids.
The actress has exhibited some strange behavior in her past. In 2000, Heche was found wandering in a rural area outside Fresno. Reportedly wearing only a bra and shorts, she rang a strangers door bell, inquired about a gateway to outerspace and asked if she could use their shower.
Prior to her marriage to Coley, the actress was the live-in partner to comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres.
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UPDATE: August 27, 2009 – hear what she had to say on David Letterman.