Chris Hansen's falling apart

Chris Hansen apparently resolved the bad check charge. He paid Promotional Sales Ltd the $13,000 he's owed them for two years. When asked what took him so long, Hansen's lawyer said it was an "oversight".

Hansen bought 355 ceramic mugs, 288 T-shirts and 650 vinyl decals which he was supposed to send to people who donated to his Kickstarter campaign. Contributors were promised a mug for a $20 donation, a signed photo for $40 and a T-shirt and personalized mug with their name for any donation over $45. People have been waiting four years for their stuff and still haven't gotten it.

I've heard that filmmakers who tried using Kickstarter have either said it wasn't worth the trouble or that it was more work that they thought it would be.

Hansen's been having other financial problems. According to a local newspaper:

In 2015, American Express sued Hansen for $57,900, claiming he “refused to make payment on the balance due and owing” on a Platinum card, according to a civil complaint. Hansen didn’t appear in court, and court records show no attorney listed for the media personality in this case.

Last spring, Ally Financial filed a lawsuit, claiming Hansen stopped making payments on his 2014 Corvette, records show. In Ally’s complaint, filed in June 2018, the company said he still owed thousands on the $65,000 sports car when he stopped paying in November 2017.

State Judge Edward R Karazin Jr. in June granted Ally a “replevin order,” allowing the company to repossess the Corvette.

Hansen’s million-dollar Shippan home, which he owned from 1994 until last year, is now owned by US Bank Trust, which seized it last July.

I have no idea where things went wrong for Hansen. "To Catch a Predator" wasn't exactly journalism. I wonder if that wrecked his career. Or maybe it just petered out and he's not making as much money as he used to.