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Last Updated: Tuesday, 11 May, 2004, 08:43 GMT 09:43 UK
Actor Johnson sued over shop bill
Don Johnson
Johnson has filed for bankruptcy protection
Miami Vice actor Don Johnson has been accused of leaving an unpaid grocery bill of $5,470 (�3,084), according to court records in a bankruptcy case.

He is being sued by a number of other businesses in Aspen, Colorado, listed as creditors in a bankruptcy petition.

They include Aspen Valley Hospital, which is asking for $7,345 (�4,141), and Isberian Rug Co, which is seeking $1,228 (�692) in Pitkin County Court.

Johnson, 54, has filed for bankruptcy protection to secure his home.

Los Angeles-based City National Bank filed papers against him in March asking a judge to auction his home to recoup $930,000 (�524,000), according to papers.

Other named creditors include Holy Cross Energy ($1,688, �951) and law firm Garfield & Hecht ($2,787, �1,571).

A spokesman for the actor could not be reached for comment.

Johnson became one of the biggest TV stars of the 1980s for his role as Detective James "Sonny" Crockett in Miami Vice, alongside Philip Michael Thomas (Ricardo Tubbs).

Last year Johnson told a US talk show that suggestions in a German newspaper that he had laundered money had caused him "unbelievable grief".

He said documents detailing �5bn worth of funds in other people's names were from potential film investors.




SEE ALSO:
Actor's 'grief' over money claims
17 Mar 03  |  Entertainment
Miami Vice star investigated
12 Mar 03  |  Entertainment


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