Zane, the best-selling author who has sold millions of steamy novels and is listed as executive producer of a new movie, Addicted, based on one of her books, filed for bankruptcy in June, months after being dubbed Maryland’s top individual tax cheat, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The Prince George’s County, Md.-based erotica author, who is sometimes compared to “Fifty Shades of Grey” writer E.L. James, filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Maryland on June 11. Zane, whose real name is Kristina Laferne Roberts, listed her total assets at more than $1.4 million, including her $950,000 “primary residence” in Upper Marlboro and a $530,000 “investment property” in Bowie, according to court records. She claimed total liabilities of more than $3.4 million, including $337,151.85 in back Maryland taxes and more than $1.4 million to creditors. She listed the amount that she owes the IRS as “unknown.”
