Posted by Robert Snell (The Detroit News) on Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Livan Hernandez leaving creditors far behind
Former World Series MVP Livan Hernandez faces foreclosure on his $1.3 million Miami home and could fill a dugout with creditors who are either suing the Washington Nationals pitcher or filing liens for unpaid debts and taxes, records show.
The money problems are surfacing 12 years after Hernandez won a World Series ring with the Jim Leyland-coached Florida Marlins and despite the Cuba native earning more than $50.2 million in salary.
What's owed:
- On Aug. 19, SunTrust Bank sued Hernandez in Miami, and is trying to foreclose on the mortgage for his 4,643-square-foot home (see below), according to this public record. The home, coincidentally, is for sale for $1.42 million, according to this listing.
- A day earlier, on Aug. 18, the neighborhood association that governs the pitcher's $981,000 Miami Beach condo filed a $3,587 lien for unpaid bills, which you can see here.
- He's also catching heat from a second neighborhood association. The Bay Point Property Owners Association filed a lien July 8, claiming the pitcher owed more than $2,700 for property maintenance, attorney fees and costs associated with the Miami home, according to this public record.
- Even the pool guy is pursuing Hernandez. David Cohen, president of All Florida Pools & Spa Center, filed this lien on Sept. 17, claiming Hernandez failed to pay $1,102 in pool repairs.
- The state of California filed a $29,791 lien against Hernandez on Jan. 25, 2008, in Sacramento County Court. It is the second lien filed against Hernandez in recent years.
- On Aug. 20, 2008, the IRS released a $307,268 income tax lien that had been filed three months earlier in Miami, according to this public record.
His side:
Hernandez could not be reached for comment and his agents did not respond to phone calls seeking comment.
Washington Nationals spokesman John Dever also declined comment.
See the Miami home that faces foreclosure:
