this is terrible. whats happening?

Jun 19, 2006 21:25

Dustin Diamond, forever known to children of the '80s as Saved by the Bell's Samuel "Screech" Powers, has taken to hawking autographed T-shirts of himself in a bid to raise $250,000 and stop a bank from foreclosing on his Milwaukee-area home.

The TV nerd turned stand-up comic is selling shirts through his Website, www.getDshirts.com.

"First we rallied to Free Winona. The next time we Voted for Pedro. This time we'll Save Screeech's House!" Diamond writes on the site. (While the former TV star is apparently confident he'll raise enough to save his home, he clearly doesn't anticipate making enough to pay off a lawsuit, adding a third "e" to "Screeech" to avoid violating copyright laws.)

Last Tuesday, Diamond appeared on the Howard Stern Show to relay how his once-vast fortune had whittled away to nothing, putting him in his current near-homeless predicament. And no, Zack Morris had nothing to do with it.

Diamond claimed to have made nearly $2 million for 10-season run on the Saturday morning show, but told Stern that his parents took all but 25 percent of his earnings, leaving him with next to nothing as well as "sh--ty credit."

As a result, after moving to Wisconsin four years ago, he was forced to get a land contract rather than a typical loan to buy a house. He enlisted the help of Arthur Giraldo, a man vilified in Diamond's online rambling, whom the TV star claims now wants the house for himself.

According to Diamond, the land around his home has since been developed, increasing the property value and causing the state to demand the property back. He claims Giraldo, whom he hired to assist in saving his home, has failed to help him solidify ownership, mostly due to the alleged ulterior motives of wanting the property himself.

There has been no immediate comment from Giraldo.

The former Bayside High School fixture, meanwhile, says he has been given a month to pony up the $250,000 needed to keep his home. Hence, the T-shirt plan.

"I received a letter stating that I had 30 days to pay $250,000 or get out," he writes on his Website. "I was not thrilled."

Diamond is selling two types of "D-shirts" to aid in his house saving. One, selling for $15, features a photo of the actor in front of his home with the message "I paid $15 to save Screeech's house." He's also hawking an autographed version of the shirt for $20 with the extra special handwritten message to "F--- Giraldo."

It may be tough going for the destitute star, though. He admitted on the Stern show that he would need to sell 30,000 T-shirts to raise the requisite money.

what kinda world do we live in that we cant have a famous tv star own his own home? darn tv star parents.

matty b
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