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Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States and graduated in 1843 from the United States Military Academy at West Point. After leaving the office the President he settled down in New York and invested his money into a Wall Street firm. Unfortunately, one of the firm's partners wasn't very trustworthy and embezzled much of its investors' money, leading it to declare bankruptcy. Grant did the same soon after. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here

Toni Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, pianist, musician, record producer, actress, television personality, and philanthropist. She became one of the best-selling female artists in the 1990s. Her most popular songs are “You’re Makin’ Me High”, “Un-Break My Heart”, “Breathe Again”, “Another Sad Love Song”, and “He Wasn’t Man Enough”. Although quite successful, you would think Toni to be extremely rich because sold more than 40 million albums in her career. She filed for bankruptcy

Terrell Owens is an American football wide receiver who played 15 seasons in the National Football League, and holds or shares several National Football League records. By 2012, the mouthy wide receiver had blown through most of his entire $70 million fortune owing four different baby mama’s child support, upwards of $50,000 a month. A combination of bad investments, large child support payments, and trusting the wrong people have left him with very little to show for his time as a star player.

Teresa Giudice is an American reality television cast-member, known for starring in The Real Housewives of New Jersey. She has also written three bestselling cookbooks that were even featured on Donald Trump’s show called The Celebrity Apprentice. It turns out Teresa was not as successful as she let on to be. Teresa began to overspend and brought her and her husband’s debt to over $13.5 million which landed Teresa time in jail. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here

Tionne Watkins better known by her stage name T-Boz, is an American singer, songwriter, model, dancer, actress, author, and executive producer. This former TLC singer has lived on a financial rollercoaster. In 1995 she went so broke that she was forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and just a few years later she filed individually. In 2011 after she received medical treatment for a brain tumor and sickle cell anemia. Recently, she tried to file for debt again after all her medical problems c

Stephen Baldwin is an American actor, director, producer and author, who has starred in many films, and is the youngest out of all the Baldwin brothers. Since he is the youngest, he is definitely the most naïve. This rang true in 2009 when e was forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Apparently he had so many debts that just kept piling up and pretty soon he owed millions. From mortgages, credit cards, and even back taxes, Stephen Baldwin definitely got himself into a great deal of financial

Sly Stone is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, most famous for his role as front man for Sly and the Family Stone. In 1993, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the group. After decades of substance abuse and blingy high-living, he now lives in a van parked on a street in Crenshaw, South Central Los Angeles. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here

Sinbad is an American stand-up comedian and actor, whose real name is David Adkins was featured on his own HBO specials and appeared on television series such as Necessary Roughness, Jingle All the Way, and Good Burger. In 2009, Sinbad decided to file for bankruptcy and then was forced to file for bankruptcy again in 2013. Sinbad claimed that he was not blowing his money on big and fancy cars, but instead invested a lot into himself and other people, and thought he did not make a mistake and wou

Sheryl Swoopes is a retired American professional basketball player and the head coach of the women's basketball team of Loyola University Chicago. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA when it was created. Made around $50 million at the height of her career, but lost it all in devastatingly bad investments and bad business management. Eventually, she sold her Olympic medals and Naismith trophy to pay back creditors. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here

Scott Storch is an American record producer. He produces hip hop music through his label, Storch Music Company. He also has his own music production company called Tuff Jew Productions LLC which is published by Reservoir Media Management. He blew through $30 million in six months, and lost his Miami mansion, $20 million yacht and filed for bankruptcy and owed about $60 thousand to thirteen different creditors in seven states. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here

Samuel Clemens better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He may have died all the way back in the year of 1910, but he has still been a very influential man and author way passed his years of life. Author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he made a few too many investments that went bad and became so far in debt that he was forced to declare bankruptcy in the year of 1894. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click

Sarah Ferguson is the former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The raucous redhead had run up debts to the tune of $8 million by 2011. That year, she was also caught on video in a humiliating “cash for access” scandal, where she was filmed accepting money from a reporter, in exchange for an intro to Prince Andrew. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here

Isley is an American recording artist, songwriter, record producer, and actor, and is best known as the lead singer and founding member of the family music group the Isley Brothers. He reportedly declared bankruptcy and failed to pay taxes several times during a three-year period. Afterward, the IRS seized cars, a yacht and property in 1997. His money problems eventually caught up to him then he was sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion in 2006. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Key

Rihanna is a singer, actress, and fashion designer. In 2009 Rihanna went "effectively bankrupt" due to mismanagement of her fortune by her accountant. According to court docs, RiRi's chief bean counter blew through $9 million of her $11 million fortune in just one year. The singer sued the money manager and was awarded $10 million by the court, more than making her whole. Turns out, the $9 million is just chump change compared to the tens of millions she has earned since. Rihanna is reportedly w

Randy Quaid is an American actor and Golden Globe winner. In 2010 he lost $1 million in bonds after avoiding a court date on felony charges. Then, he and his wife, Evi, were arrested for squatting in a random Santa Barbara home. Finally, the conspiracy theorists decided they were to be the next victims of the “Hollywood Star Whackers” (a nonexistent star-murdering group that Quaid claims killed Heath Leger and David Carradine). Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here

Pamela Anderson is a Canadian-American actress, model, producer, author, activist, former showgirl, and a Playmate of the Month for Playboy magazine in February 1990, known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement, Baywatch, and V.I.P. In 2009 she was forced to move into a trailer park for owing over $800 thousand to the construction company that built her over-the-top Malibu mansion. She even skipped out on paying her $1.7 million tax bill. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keych

Nicolas Cage is an American actor and producer. His most popular films are Valley Girl, Birdy, Racing with the Moon, Peggy Sue Got Married, Moonstruck, Honeymoon in Vegas, The Rock, Con Air, City of Angels, Face/Off, and National Treasure. Nicolas decided to skip out on paying the $6 million he owed in taxes and was forced to put several of his properties on the market, and barely escaped filing bankruptcy. Even the salary from most of his film roles goes straight to the creditors. Get Your V

Natasha Lyonne is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jessica in the American Pie series, and currently portrays Nicky Nichols in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, for which she received a nomination for the 2014.As well as staring in many other films. As a young child, she was signed by the Ford Modeling Agency then, at the age of six, was cast as a role in Pee-Wee's Playhouse. She has managed to make a great deal of money during her career as an actress; however, a

Natalie Cole is an American singer, songwriter, and performer. The daughter of Nat King Cole. After a career marked by award-winning success as an artist and personal lows as a heroin and crack addict, the talented singer went bankrupt in 1997, but by 2000 she had cleaned up her act and written a best-selling memoir Angel on My Shoulder. The book was adapted into a television movie that became a ratings bonanza. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here

Mike Tyson is an American retired professional boxer, also known as Michael Gerard. This former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world is the youngest boxer to win the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles at only 20 years old. He has made more than $400 million during his boxing career but in 2003 was forced to file for bankruptcy because of his life of luxury and tragic divorce with Robin Givens, that caused him debt of over $27 million. I guess that’s what you get for going through money

Mickey Rooney was an American actor of film, television, Broadway, radio, and vaudeville. Starting off as a child actor and moving up playing the role of Andy Hardy in many films, he was quite successful and talented. It was once stated that his personal fortune was worth about $12 million. However his popularity eventually began to dwindle, and by 1962 he filed for bankruptcy and listed his assets at only $500. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here

Michael Vick was an American football quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He has previously played for the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles. He has been very successful in his football career. However, apparently all the money he earned was not enough. After Michael Vick spent 21 months in prison in 2008 for operating a dog-fighting ring, the former quarterback filed for bankruptcy. At one time, Michael was ranked the NFL’s 4th highest rated player by Forbes

Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor, who is also known as the King of Pop, had not always been rich. As a successful entertainer, he embarrassingly had to file for bankruptcy because he went too far with his life of luxury. He was forced to file for bankruptcy in 2007 when he was unable to pay back the loan for the Neverland Ranch that he had purchased. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here

Meat Loaf is an American musician and actor, also known as Michael Lee Aday or Marvin Lee Aday. This musician and singer’s most famous songs is known worldwide is “I’d Do Anything for Love” and “Bat Out of Hell”. Throughout the mid to late 1980s, Meat Loaf began to experience a great deal of financial problems and was even forced to file for bankruptcy. To make matters worse, not only was Meat Loaf broke, but his ex-songwriting partner had also filed a lawsuit against him. Talk about bad luck! H

Marvin Gaye was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He helped to shape the sound of Motown Records in the 1960s with a string of hits, and he has sold multi-million dollar records which makes it quite unbelievable that he ended up going broke. In 1979, Marvin ended up filing for bankruptcy. According to Rolling Stone magazine, after Marvin went broke he ended up living in a bread van for a few years. How in the world did Marvin Gaye manage to go broke? The iconic crooner filed for bankru

Marion Jones is a former world champion track and field athlete, a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. She won 3 gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and was the first woman to win five track-and-field medals at a single Olympics, but was later stripped of the titles after admitting doping. Not only did she admit to taking performance-enhancing drugs throughout her career, she was also down to a bank balance of only $2,000. Crazy in debt, s

M.C. Hammer is an American rapper, dancer, entrepreneur, spokesman and actor, also known as Stanley Kirk Burrell. His songs feature outstanding dance moves and lyrics that rhyme and are quite catchy. At one point in his career his net worth was a whopping $33 million. However, his spending like crazy lifestyle dragged him into a huge amount of debt. He claimed to have at least 200 staff members that he was paying and even a $12 million mansion. In 1996 he was forced to file bankruptcy and has be

Lorraine Bracco is most famous for starring as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on the HBO series The Sopranos. Lorraine is now over 60 years old and has starred as Angela Rizzoli on the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles. After five long years of custody battle with her ex over their daughter Stella, Lorraine ended up filing for bankruptcy. As soon as she started more acting she was able to pay back her dept, but the bitter custody battle/divorce from Harvey Keitel had at one time left her penniless. Get Your