WASHINGTON (AP) — The best-selling author of more than 30 erotic novels has filed for bankruptcy.
The Washington Post reports (http://wapo.st/1rb8ONf ) that Kristina Laferne Roberts, whose pen name is Zane, filed for bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Maryland in June.
The Post reports that Roberts, who lives in Prince George’s County, owes the IRS over $540,000, and that Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot called Roberts the state’s top individual “tax cheat.” The state has been trying to collect back taxes from Roberts since 2003.
Roberts listed her total assets at over $1.4 million including two houses in Maryland, and claimed more than $3.4 million in liabilities including more than $1.4 million owed to creditors and more than $337,000 in back state taxes.
A call to Roberts’ attorney was not immediately returned on Sunday.
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