Anne Heche‘s estate cannot currently settle its debts, her son claimed in new court docket files.
Homer Laffoon, the late actor’s 22-yr-outdated son and the executor of the estate, mentioned in lawful files acquired by The Instances that his mother’s estate is “not in a problem to be shut.” The report, submitted in Los Angeles Remarkable Court on Friday, facts the makeup of Heche’s estate and many creditor claims, together with those stemming from the August 2022 car crash that killed the actor and set fire to a Mar Vista home.
“Based on the predicted benefit of the blended inventories and appraisals, and the submitted predator promises, the estate is bancrupt,” Laffoon, the son of Heche and ex-spouse Coley Laffoon, claimed.
In accordance to the report, Heche’s estate consists of “a modest bank account,” royalties from tasks that preceded her demise, “a company in which [Heche] was the sole shareholder (made use of for assignments in advancement and company functions connected to Decedent’s career in the leisure market),” “an LLC membership interest associated to a podcast [Heche] helped create” and private assets. The actor’s belongings totaled to roughly $110,000, in accordance to legal documents.
The report also said that profits for Heche’s posthumous memoir, “Get in touch with Me Anne,” produced in 2023, “are not strong” and the guide is projected to make less than $25,000.
Heche, who was an Emmy- and Tony–nominated actor, succumbed to her vehicle crash injuries on Aug. 11, 2022. She was 53. The Los Angeles County Clinical Examiner-Coroner determined that she died from smoke “inhalation and thermal accidents.”
In November 2023, a Los Angeles woman living in the Mar Vista property ruined by Heche sued the actor’s estate. Lynne Mishele is a single of a few individuals who filed $2 million claims against the actor’s estate. Legal documents show that Jennifer and John Durand, who very own the Mar Vista house, are the other two claimants.
Heche’s estate is also fielding a multithousand-dollar claim from ex-boyfriend Thomas Jane, among other folks.
Laffoon’s report states he is working with Tupper to market some of his mother’s property in advance of the “the remaining objects being liquidated by the estate sale company.” The report extra that he is also hunting to negotiate “appropriate settlements” with the statements towards his mother’s estate.
“[Laffoon] is cautiously optimistic that the creditor promises can all be solved rather and without having litigation,” court docket files explained.
A authorized representative for Laffoon did not quickly respond to The Times’ ask for for comment.
