Carlos Mencia isn\u2019t the only celebrity in California\u2019s tax crosshairs, a newly surfaced list of the state\u2019s 500 biggest tax delinquents also names an R&B icon and a former NBA star among the high-profile names accused of owing major tax debts.<\/p>\n
NBA star Malik Beasley and singer Toni Braxton are on the California Franchise Tax Board\u2019s top 500 tax delinquencies list<\/a>, owing monstrous unpaid sums to the state.<\/p>\n Toni Braxton was hit with a tax lien in 2018 for more than $400,000. Getty Images for dcp<\/p>\n Beasley previously played with the Los Angeles Lakers. Getty Images<\/p>\n Beasley \u2014 who previously played for the Los Angeles Lakers and played for the Detroit Pistons last season \u2014 is listed as owing about $1.9 million alongside his former partner, Montana Yao. A lien was filed against the two in October of last year related to a Beverly Hills ZIP code.<\/p>\n Beasley recently joined a Puerto Rican overseas team, Cangrejeros de Santurce, but was released last month.<\/p>\n He recently drew controversy as federal authorities announced investigation into alleged gambling activities while he played for the Milwaukee Bucks. The NBA then announced its own investigation into him. The results of the investigations are unclear yet.<\/p>\n \u201cAn investigation is not a charge,\u201d Beasley\u2019s attorney, Steve Haney, told ESPN. \u201cMalik is afforded the same right of the presumption of innocence as anyone else under the U.S. Constitution. As of now he has not been charged with anything.\u201d<\/p>\n Beasley joined the a Puerto Rican overseas team, Cangrejeros de Santurce, this year but was released last month. Getty Images<\/p>\n The basketball player, who also played for the Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers, was ordered to pay a former agency $1 million earlier this year for breach of contract. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n Another prominent celebrity, Braxton, also has a top spot on the state tax evaders list.<\/p>\n The \u201cUn-Break My Heart\u201d vocalist owes California about $438,000 in taxes and had a lien filed in December 2018, according to the list.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia’s top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Braxton has had financial issues within the past few years, including getting hit with liens from federal and <\/a>state authorities in 2017. She had immense success in the 90s, but fizzled out in the new century.<\/p>\n She\u2019s also admitted to having some lavish spending habits, forcing her to file for bankruptcy twice.<\/p>\n \u201cI love dishes and house things, so I kind of lost it a little bit on the houseware,\u201d Braxton said to \u201cGood Morning America.\u201d In another instance, she filed bankruptcy because she got sick after she paid all her vendors for her Las Vegas residency.<\/p>\n She\u2019s also admitted to having some lavish spending habits, forcing her to file for bankruptcy twice. Sara De Boer\/startraksphoto.com<\/p>\n The Los Angeles DA\u2019s office mentioned Mencia\u2019s spot<\/a> on the top 500 list Thursday. <\/p>\n