Too Much Bling, No Ka-Ching

Which stars have gone from riches to rags?

- Weetee Neu

Jacelyn Tay

In 2000, the then-25-year-old Ch 8 actress was declared bankrupt — she was sued by a local stockbroking firm for failing to settle a $300,000 debt, allegedly incurred from stock investment losses. After getting discharged from bankruptcy in 2004, Jace bounced back by releasing a couple of wellness books and became a health coach by founding her own health centre, Body Inc. and The Health Club.

Johnny Depp

While not (yet) bankrupt, the Pirates of the Caribbean star is wading in treacherous waters. A series of lawsuits with his ex-managers earlier this year revealed one of the most exorbitant Hollywood lifestyles yet. He spent $41,000 on wine, $200,000 on security, $276,000 on private planes and $414,000 to maintain a private staff of 40 people. He also allegedly spent more than $100mil to acquire 14 homes in France and $Mil to blast Hunter S. Thompson’s ashes out of a cannonball. His former reps, with whom he is embroiled in a legal battle, told the court that his “sense of entitlement is clear and epic” and that “he has refused to live within his means…”

Mel B