The son of late actress Anne Heche said his mother’s estate cannot pay her outstanding debts, which total more than $6 million (more than $8.2 million Canadian).
According to new court documents obtained by People magazine, Heche’s son, Homer Laffoon, 22, said the estate is insolvent and “not yet in a financial position.” condition to be closed.”
Heche, who was 53, died in Los Angeles, California, after crashing his car into a residential home in August 2022. He fell into a coma and died a week after the incident. An autopsy revealed that Heche was neither drunk nor intoxicated at the time of the accident.
Laffoon is the owner of the Heche property and the eldest of her two children.
In the court filing, Laffoon said the actor’s estate consists of “a modest bank account, royalty payments and other residual income from projects prior to his death.” The estate also includes a corporation in which Heche was a shareholder, an LLC membership interest related to a podcast, as well as items of personal property.
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Many of Heche’s assets are still in the appraisal process. Laffoon alleged that some of the items already appraised amounted to US$110,000 (about $150,800 Canadian).
Laffoon also reported on Heche’s posthumous memoirs. Call me Ana did not perform well, with less than $25,000 US (about $34,250 Canadian) in estimated earnings.
The sum is not enough to pay the seven creditors who have rights to the inheritance. Laffoon’s court filing states that three of the creditors are asking for $2 million (more than $2.7 million Canadian) each.
Among the creditors seeking $2 million are the owners of the house into which Heche crashed her car and the tenant who lived in the house, who subsequently lost many of his belongings.
Heche’s ex-boyfriend, actor Thomas Jane, also filed a lawsuit against Heche’s estate in 2022, seeking loan repayment of more than 150,000 US dollars (almost 205,600 Canadian dollars).
In the filing, Laffoon said he is “actively engaged in attempts to negotiate appropriate settlements for claims against the Estate.”
It said it will meet with creditors “in an attempt to avoid protracted and costly litigation” and is “cautiously optimistic” that the claims can be resolved without going to court.
Laffoon is the son of Heche and her ex-husband Coleman “Coley” Laffoon, a real estate consultant.
Heche reportedly did not have a will. Laffoon filed for control of her mother’s estate shortly after her death.
The court file says that Heche’s estate cannot be closed until at least July 2025.
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