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From left: Mitch was joined wife Rita and daughters when honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006
David Milch, Emmy-winning creator of long running TV hit series, NYPD Blue blew $100million at the races, now $17million in debt and lives on $40-a-week allowance
His wife is suing their business manager for 'hiding it all from her' - Who is to blame here. Husband or business manager. What do you think?
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A four-time Emmy winner, he is pictured (right) with fellow NYPD Blue writers Bill Clark and Ted Mann in 1998
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David Milch, 70, (pictured in 2014) earned more than $100million over 30 years in Hollywood but is now $17million in debt after losing $25million at the races between 2000 and 2011, according to legal papers filed last year
'David Milch, 70, earned $100million over 30 years in Hollywood. But he gambled away $25million at Santa Anita races in California. He owes $5million to IRS, $10million in mortgages and $2million in fees'
But it wasn't until March 2011 that Rita saw documents showing how many checks David discreetly shifted from their account to the Santa Anita race track in California, she claims. Now Rita, 60, is suing the family's business manager Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein & Bolno LLP (NKSFB) claiming it deliberately hid the true scale of David's gambling from her, according to legal papers seen by The Hollywood Reporter.
Their family owes $5million in unpaid taxes, $10million in mortgages, and $2million in fees to NKSFB. According to the suit filed last year, Rita, an artist, has been forced to sell jewelry and art. Friends told THR she has been holding garage sales to support their family. Meanwhile, they are in the midst of selling off all their properties.
Photo: HollywoodReporterMilch’s 22-acre estate, with eight bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, on Martha’s Vineyard is presently listed for $8.95 million.
They sold their six-bedroom family home in Brentwood, California, in 2014 for $4.8million, having lived there since the early 1990s. They are still waiting for a buyer for their 22-acre estate on Martha's Vineyard, which is listed for $8.95million. Meanwhile, the complaint states, David is on a strict allowance: Rita allegedly hands him just $40 a week in cash. The Hollywood Reporter describes the moment Rita discovered the true extent of their debts. She was called in to NKSFB in March 2011 to discuss switching their properties to her name rather than David's.
CourtesyL The Hollywood Reporter
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