Former NFL running back Clinton Portis has filed for bankruptcy again in an effort to to keep his northeast Gainesville, Fla., home from being auctioned off, the Gainesville Sun reported. Alachua County, Fla., court records show Portis filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on June 15, the same day the house at 3510 NE 156th Ave. was scheduled to be auctioned off online. Alachua County property records list Portis and his mother, Rhonnel Hearn, as the owners of the more than 8,000-square-foot purple mansion off County Road 225 near Gainesville Raceway. The property was foreclosed on in April 2022 due to roughly $1.6 million in unpaid principal, interest, insurance and taxes. The home was originally scheduled to be auctioned off on June 30, 2022, but a bankruptcy filing by Hearn — with Portis listed as an interested party — delayed the sale. Hearn's bankruptcy filing was eventually dropped over time. Portis' most recent bankruptcy filing lists more than $2.5 million in unsecured claims, including a $1 million mortgage deficiency, $390,000 owed to the IRS and a $287,000 debt to the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. The two-time Pro Bowler amassed more than $43 million during his nine-year NFL career, though all of that has been lost due to lavish spending, bad investments and poor financial management.
