He’s crying poor.
Hunter Biden has asked a federal judge to drop the laptop hacking lawsuit he slapped against a former Trump White House aide — because he’s “millions of dollars” in debt from losing a home in the Los Angeles wildfires and no one buying his exorbitant art now his dad’s not in office, court filings show.
The embattled former first son, 55, blamed the recent fires, as well as dwindling sales of his artwork and memoir, for him being plagued by “significant debt” keeping him from “litigating this case” against Garrett Ziegler, according to a motion filed in federal court in California on Wednesday.
“[Hunter] has suffered a significant downturn in his income and has significant debt in the millions of dollars range,” his attorneys argued as they laid bare his apparent financial woes.
His financial troubles were only “exacerbated” by the Pacific Palisades wildfires in January that allegedly made the home he rents “unlivable,” the filing states.
“Like many others in that situation, I am having difficulty in finding a new permanent place to live,” he claimed in the motion.
“While I was aware that my financial position had significantly deteriorated over time, it was not until the past month that I realized I had to take drastic actions to alleviate this situation.”
Elsewhere, Hunter blamed dwindling sales of his artworks and his 2021 memoir, “Beautiful Things,” for his reported dire financial situation.
“In the 2 to 3 years prior to December 2023, I sold 27 pieces for art at an average price of $54,481.48, but since then I have only sold 1 piece of art for $36,000,” he argued in the motion.
“Similarly, for my book sales, in the six month period before the statements (April 1, 2023 through September 30, 2023)