Anne Heche’s Son, Homer Laffoon, filed court documents stating he cannot close her estate, due to its inability to pay back $6 million in creditor claims.
Laffoon said his late mother’s estate is “not yet in a condition to be closed,” due to outstanding debts, according to court documents reviewed by People. The paperwork indicated that seven creditors filed claims against the estate, with three of them seeking $2 million each. The couple that owned the home Heche crashed into, a woman that was renting the property and lost her belongings, and Heche’s ex-husband, Thomas Jane, are among the creditors listed, according to People.
Anne Heche attends the 27th Annual Race To Erase MS: Drive-In To Erase MS at Rose Bowl on September 04, 2020 in Pasadena, California. Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for Race to Erase MS
Jane filed paperwork seeking $149,106.04 from Heche’s estate, according to People.
22-year-old Laffoon, the proprietor of Heche’s estate, said Heche’s estate currently consists of a “modest bank account, royalty payments and other residual income from pre-death projects, a corporation in which the Decedent was the sole shareholder (used for projects in development and business functions related to Decedent’s career in the entertainment industry), an LLC membership interest related to a podcast Decedent helped create and tangible personal property items,” according to People.
Actor Anne Heche attends the “My Friend Dahmer” Premiere during 2017 Tribeca Film Festival at Cinepolis Chelsea on April 21, 2017 in New York City. Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival
Charred debris and caution tape are seen at the site where US actress Anne Heche crashed into a home in Mar Vista, California on August 8, 2022. Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images
Some of Heche’s assets were calculated to amount to $110,000, and others have yet to be appraised.
Heche’s son noted that sales of the posthumous memoir, “Call Me Anne,” were “not strong,” and claimed the total income brought in through this revenue source is estimated to be less than $25,000 in total.
He said he is “actively engaged in attempts to negotiate appropriate settlements of the claims against the Estate,” at this time, according to People.
Anne Heche attends “The Best Of Enemies” New York Premiere at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on April 04, 2019 in New York City. Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
Laffoon said he is “cautiously optimistic that the creditor claims can all be resolved fairly and without litigation,” and noted his efforts have included, “substantial meet and confer efforts with the creditors in an attempt to avoid protracted and expensive litigation,” according to People. (RELATED: Resident Of House Struck By Anne Heche’s Vehicle Lost ‘An Entire Lifetime Of Possessions’)
Heche was pronounced legally dead Aug.12 after she crashed her car into a home in Los Angeles, Aug. 5, 2022. She was kept alive in a coma to prepare her organs for donation, before she was taken off life support.
