Mickey Rourke’s L.A. Home Lease ‘Forfeited’ After $60K in Unpaid Rent

After failing to respond to a lawsuit from his landlord, Mickey Rourke has lost legal possession of his Los Angeles home after falling nearly $60,000 behind on his rent.

A Los Angeles County court clerk granted the landlord’s request for a default judgment on Monday, meaning the owner now has the court order needed to enforce Rourke’s eviction. The judgment, obtained by Rolling Stone, confirms Rourke’s “rental agreement is canceled,” and the “lease is forfeited.”

The judgment was granted after the landlord proved that Rourke had been properly advised of the lawsuit. The landlord said he “affixed a copy of the documents in a conspicuous manner” on the property and also sent the summons and complaint by certified mail. (Rourke did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone‘s request for comment.)

As Rolling Stone reported in late December, the actor allegedly stopped paying his monthly rent last year and owed $59,100 in back payments for the three-bedroom Spanish bungalow that he began renting in April 2025, around the same time he was asked to leave the U.K.’s Celebrity Big Brother after “inappropriate language” and “unacceptable behavior.”

The home on Drexel Avenue, in an upscale area near the popular shopping mall known as The Grove, was built in the 1920s. It was previously occupied by Raymond Chandler, the British-American novelist who wrote The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Amid his legal troubles, a GoFundMe was set up for Rourke in early January, though he quickly claimed he wasn’t involved with the fundraiser. “If I needed money, I wouldn’t ask for no fucking charity,” he said. “I’d rather stick a gun up my ass and pull the trigger.” Kimberly Hines, his manager of more than a decade, then admitted that she set up the account: “If Mickey doesn’t want this help from people that want to support him and his fans, then that money will be returned,” she said.

In mid-January, after surrendering his shotgun to authorities, Rourke spoke up again about the GoFundMe campaign, which by then had raised $90,000. He people to seek refunds. “Vicious cruel godamm lie to hustle money using my fuckin name so motherfuckin embarassing,” he said on social media. “There will b severe repercussions to individual who did this very bad thing to me and anyone who knows me knows payback k will be goddamm severe!!!!!!”

This article was updated at 5:34 p.m. ET with details from the judgment paperwork.