Clinton Portis earned roughly $43 million over his nine-year NFL career. According to bankruptcy filings obtained by Deadspin, the former Broncos and Redskins running back now owes various creditors $4,857,659.50.
A partial list of Portis' debt spans the gamut, from the mundane (back taxes) to the inexplicable (he owes his mother and an Entertainment Tonight reporter $500,000 each):
- $500,000 to Entertainment Tonight correspondent and CNN contributor Nischelle Turner
- $390,000 in back taxes
- $170,000 to the Borgata casino in Atlantic City
- $287,178.