I don’t know much about actor Michael Madsen, 53, but I’m reporting this because of the insane amount of child and spousal support this guy owes. You may remember Madsen from Kill Bill (2004), Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Thelma & Louise (1991). (Actress Virginia Madsen is his sister.) When Madsen divorced his second wife in 1996 his career was hot, and he had two boys to support. Now it’s 2011 and he’s getting by with roles in B movies, The Sin City sequels, and voiceover work. A warrant was just issued for his arrest after he failed to appear in court on charges that he owes a whopping $570,000 in support to his ex, Jeannine Bisignano, whom he divorced in 1996. Madsen and Bisignano have two boys together, Christian, now 20, and Max, 16. The boys must be getting by on whatever their mom makes because it sounds like Madsen hasn’t been paying his child support for a while. You know he’s not going to pay for college, either.
Cops are on the hunt for “Kill Bill” star Michael Madsen … who allegedly owes around $570,000 in child and spousal support debts … TMZ has learned.
According to court documents, Madsen failed to show up for a hearing in his child/spousal support case last week … so the judge found him in contempt and issued a warrant for his arrest.
If the cops catch up with Madsen it’s gonna cost him … his bail has already been set at $26,000.
[From TMZ]
I was prepared to have a twinge of sympathy for Madsen after reading over his Wikipedia entry – his career really looks like its taken a tumble. Then I checked his IMDB page and he works all the time. Even if he’s doing smaller crappy roles he should pay his child and spousal support. He has three more kids with his wife, DeAnna, whom he just happened to marry right after he divorced Jeannine. Maybe he feels like he doesn’t have to pay support to his ex now that he has another family. For all of you who have to deal with deadbeat exes who refuse to support their kids, I’m so sorry. I’m sure that there are much worse cases than this one when it comes to struggling single moms whose exes refuse to pay child support.
Madsen is shown below with his third wife Deanna in 2009 and 2010. Credit: WENN. He’s shown at the premiere of The Bleeding on 11/2/09. Credit: PRPhotos
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