Burt Reynolds faces being thrown out of home

Burt Reynolds, the veteran actor, faces being evicted from his longtime southeast Florida home, according to a lawsuit filed by a mortgage firm.


Burt Reynolds Photo: GETTY11:17PM BST 16 Aug 2011

The 75-year-old is known for starring roles including in films "Deliverance" and "Smokey and the Bandit" from the 1970s. He also won a Golden Globe for his role as a porn king in the 1997 film "Boogie Nights''.

The mortgage on the house in Hobe Sound that is facing foreclosure was taken out in 1994, a year after Reynolds' widely publicised divorce from actress Loni Anderson.

Reynolds, who had heart bypass surgery last year, stopped making the mortgage payments a year ago and owes Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation almost $1.2 million (£730,000), according to the lawsuit filed on August 9 in Martin County. The home is thought to be worth double that.

Merrill Lynch also named two other financial institutions that might have an interest in the property.

A local newspaper reported in 2009 that Reynolds placed the 12,500 square foot, waterfront house, which he called Valhalla, on the market for $8.9 million

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