{"id":942538,"date":"2026-10-27T08:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942538\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T08:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:44:16","slug":"ex-nba-star-paul-pierce-drowning-financially-struggling-to-pay-monthly-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942538\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NBA Star Paul Pierce \u2018Drowning Financially,\u2019 Struggling to Pay Monthly Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Ex-NBA Star Paul Pierce<br \/>\n                          Says He&#8217;s \u2018Drowning Financially,\u2019 Struggling to Pay Bills<br \/>\n                          Following Drastic Income Drop After Losing Fox Sports Pay<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              October 27, 2026<br \/>\n                            1:00 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261026_18b82130d0c545a4bb82999020a6f4df\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1741e932-b0b8-46c9-83d8-4705ba78a1de\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/18b82130d0c545a4bb82999020a6f4df_md.jpg\" alt=\"paul pierce getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/paul-pierce\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Pierce<\/a> claims he is &#8220;tapped out&#8221; financially while trying to keep up with his court-ordered support payments &#8230; due to him no longer receiving income from Fox Sports &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, Paul claims his last check from Fox Sports came in August. He said his average monthly income was $119K, but now it is zero. He said he earned around $23K last month from his partnership interests in other business ventures.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260505_b92ffb5e58754e77b40e72246ee90f57\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1741e932-b0b8-46c9-83d8-4705ba78a1de\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/b92ffb5e58754e77b40e72246ee90f57_md.jpg\" alt=\"SUB paul pierce GETTY\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul said he pays around $28K in child support and another $20K in spousal support per month \u2026 but claims he only has $300K in the bank and $3 million in property.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He says he spends around $48K a month in bills, including $8K in childcare, $5K in groceries, $7K on eating out, $3,200 on utilities, $1K on clothes, $3,500 on entertainment, and various other expenses.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251009_b5857c3e1a604f3ca721d4e1b6e31f84\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1741e932-b0b8-46c9-83d8-4705ba78a1de\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/b5857c3e1a604f3ca721d4e1b6e31f84_md.jpg\" alt=\"paul pierce getty sub\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul is asking the court to shut down his ex-wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/princess-santiago\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Princess Santiago<\/a>\u2019s request for $40K in legal fees and another $10K for a forensic accountant. She claimed Paul was playing games about his financial records &#8230; and wanted an expert to review his finances.<\/p>\n<p>In his filing, Paul&#8217;s attorney said Paul would have &#8220;great difficulty&#8221; paying these fees since his Fox Sports contract was terminated &#8230; adding that he was\u00a0&#8220;drowning financially&#8221; and having trouble keeping up with the monetary obligations<\/p>\n<p>Princess\u2019 request for additional funds came after Paul was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/02\/paul-pierce-ordered-to-pay-baby-mama-princess-child-support\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ordered to pay<\/a> Princess $8,508 per month in temporary child support for their son, King. He was also ordered to pay $100K in legal fees.<\/p>\n<p>Paul reportedly earned around $200 million during his NBA career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ex-NBA Star Paul Pierce Says He&#8217;s \u2018Drowning Financially,\u2019 Struggling to Pay Bills Following Drastic Income Drop After Losing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-942538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}